The ethics committee at Priyadarshini J. L. College of Pharmacy oversees ethical compliance in medical research, ensuring participant safety and adherence to national and international guidelines. It is composed of diverse professionals, including medical scientists, clinicians, legal experts, and a layperson. The committee operates according to established standard operating procedures, with the principal investigator managing communications.

1. ETHICS COMMITTEE
PRIYADARSHINI J. L. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Electronic zone building, MIDC, HINGNA ROAD
NAGPUR-440016
2022-2023
Presented By
Swapnil S. Tirmanwar

2. Sr.no Content
1. Introduction
2. Composition
4. Responsibilty
5. Function

3. INTRODUCTION
• An ethics committee is a body responsible for ensuring that
medical experimentation and human subject research are carried out
in an ethical manner in accordance with national and international law.
• Ethics committee is also known as IRB or ERB.
• The ethical & scientific standards for carrying out biomedical research
have been developed & established in international guidelines such as
WHO & ICH for good clinical practices.

4. COMPOSITION OF EC
• 1 Chairperson
• 1 Member secretary
• 1-2 basic medical scientists (preferably one pharmacologist)
• 1-2 clinicians from various institutes
• One legal expert or retired judge
• One social scientist
• One philosopher
• One lay person.

5. RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN ETHICS
COMMITTEE
• The responsibility of an ethics committee is to ensure the protection of
the rights, safety and well-being of participants involved in
clinical research.

6. FUNCTIONING OF THE EC
• The EC should function in accordance with the written SOPs that
provides detailed guidelines about the EC procedures.
• The PI and not the Sponsor communicates and deals with the
ethics committee.

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