The passage of the 21st Century Cures Act ("Cures Act") and revisions to the Common Rule (45 CFR Part 46) ("Common Rule") in the last year mandated significant changes to informed consent laws. As a result of these changes, sponsors of research ("Sponsors"), institutions conducting research ("Institutions"), and the institutional review boards ("IRBs") approving research will need to review policies and practices involving informed consent. As explained below, a recently published FDA guidance document makes a first step toward implementing some of these changes by ...
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