Word: oversights
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...reporting of problems so haphazard, that it's almost impossible to find out what is really happening. Thanks to a patchwork regulatory system, perhaps a quarter of all clinical research--including some studies on reconstructive surgery, dietary supplements, stem cells and infertility treatments, for example--gets no federal oversight whatsoever. And even where oversight is mandated, it's often applied loosely...
...board approved McGee's consent form, which contained numerous errors. McGee later got permission to add more subjects than the original 25 he had applied for. According to the OHRP investigation, 11 of McGee's first 18 subjects didn't meet eligibility criteria. Like most of the key oversight decisions, this one actually came directly from the IRB chair, Daniel Plunket, who often did a one-man "expedited review" without consulting the rest of the board. James Robinson, Plunket's lawyer, insists "there is no evidence" his client "took any action...
...matter what regulations, what standardized forms, what oversight committees the government and institutions end up putting in place, in the end, it's still up to the researcher to treat his subjects with dignity and care. In fact, argues University of Virginia bioethicist Jonathan Moreno, there's a downside to stronger protectionism: "When you take away the discretion of scientists, it's possible they'll shrug their shoulders and say, 'Protecting subjects isn't my job. Someone else will have to take care of it.' And if we don't have a morally responsible community of investigators, then nothing...
According to one HCC member, it is understandable that the administration would desire some oversight over the bidding and contracting process, given that the HCC is dealing with large sums of money and that the University would ultimately be held liable if problems with the HCC’s contract arose. However, the member observes that the administration’s interest in the bidding and contracting process has clearly gone beyond making sure that documents are legally sound...
While it is rare to have a Corporation member so closely associated with the president, Rubin said that their relationship would not stand in the way of fulfilling his oversight duties as a member of the Corporation...