Author: Eva Pastor
Date: 11-03-09 12:51
Source: Phoenix Business Journal
URL: http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/11/02/focus1.html?t=printable
Date published: October 28th 2009
by Angela Gonzales
With nearly 4,000 clinical trials being conducted in Arizona, the need for oversight and patient safety is at an all-time high.
Beginning in January, the National Science Foundation will require all universities conducting clinical trials to provide training in research ethics for scientists involved in NSF-funded studies. Clinical trials are required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration before new drugs or therapies are allowed to be marketed in the U.S.
Arizona’s three state universities — Arizona State University in Tempe, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and University of Arizona in Tucson — are working together to develop bioethics and research ethics curriculums.
In September, the Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the three universities, approved $500,000 in funding to help the Health Research Alliance Arizona foster collaboration among researchers and to fund the bioethics and research ethics curriculums.
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