ECGeneralEthicalReview object

Submission for Ethical review mandatory for

All scientific health research projects
All clinical trials on Medicinal Products (MP)

Additional Information

(1) National Committee on Medical Research Ethics (TUKIJA): is responsible for issuing opinions on the ethics of clinical drug trials that are to be run in Finland unless this task is delegated to a regional ethics committee. Upon request, TUKIJA also issues opinions on proposals that have been previously rejected by regional ethics committees.

(2) Regional Ethics Committees: Each of the 21 hospital districts operating a university hospital must have at least one (regional) ethics committee. The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, the largest of the Finnish hospital districts, have currently four ethics committees.

Regulatory and ethics bodies involved in approval process

Competent Authority/-ies (CA)
Ethics committee(s)
Other (e.g. in case of radiation)

This project (ECRIN Integrating Activity/ECRIN-IA) has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 284395
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