Tagged with Ethics

Global Takeda’s Mwana Lugogo and Pfizer’s Rady Johnson, the current and former chairs of the IFPMA Ethics & Business Integrity Committee and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officers Roundtable respectively, highlight the IFPMA’s new ‘Ethoscope’ initiative, which aims to promote ethics and business integrity throughout the industry to sustain and develop trust.…

Ukraine The March edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine features a special section on clinical research in Ukraine, over one year on from the beginning of the Russian invasion. Here, Chieko Kurihara of Kanagawa Dental University, Japan; Victoriia Dobrova of Ukraine’s National University of Pharmacy; Francis P. Crawley of the Good…

Denmark Denmark has long been a global frontrunner in medical research ethics and now boasts a more robust ethical infrastructure, spearheaded by a new body, The National Centre for Ethics. Head of the Centre’s Science and Ethics Division Helle Harder explains the rationale behind its formation, how ethics covers the quality…

APAC Drawing on the findings of a recent report launched under the Business Ethics for APEC SMEs Initiative, Thomas Cueni of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) outlines the benefits for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of adopting ethical practices. Cueni highlights some of the key trends that emerged from report, conducted…

Hungary Dr. József Mandl, President of the Medical Research Council (ETT), discusses the role of the council, the research environment in Hungary, its relationship with the European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN), and the strategic objectives of the research council.    Today’s partnerships, framework, committees, and bioethical codex could not exist…

Hungary Dr. Zsuzsanna Fürst, President of the Ethics Committee for Clinical Pharmacology, elaborates on the role and activities of the ethics committee, shares her insights on structural framework of the application process for clinical trials, and the future outlook of clinical research in Hungary.   Each and every application,  both initial…

China China is planning to establish a new national medical ethics committee in the wake of the “CRISPR babies” scandal.   The committee will not be limited to overseeing gene editing alone, but also cover cloning, cell therapy, xenotransplantation, mitochondrial replacement, and nanotechnology The new body, according to reports, will oversee…

IFPMA Across the month of January, we at PharmaBoardroom surveyed our executive readership on attitudes towards the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)’s new Code of Practice, effective January 1st, 2019. To download the Code click here and to read our exclusive interview with Melissa Barnes, the IFPMA’s ethics…

Pharma Juan Fransisco Millán Sobaranes of Cetifarma, the council created by the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico for ethics and transparency, discussed the agency’s major milestones and its main priorities for ensuring transparency, notably with regards to patient groups, healthcare practitioners, and clinical trials.   You were part of the initial team…

Pharma The executive director of the Česká asociace farmaceutických firem, the Czech Republic’s generic pharmaceutical association, elaborates on the code of ethics recently implemented and followed by all its members, which exceed the standards set in current legislation. Furthermore, he explains the implications for the industry of the ongoing EU-level discussions…