Ethical considerations for paediatric trials - how can Ethics Committees (ECs) in the European Member States and the Paediatric Committee (PDCO) at the European Medicines Agency work together?

Date: 11/29/2011, 09:00h to 11/30/2011, 16:30h

Location:
European Medicines Agency
Room 3A
7 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HB
United Kingdom

Further information: http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/news_and_e...

Description: This two-day workshop is on ethical aspects of the design and conduct of clinical trials with the paediatric population for medicine development. It is aimed at ethics committee members assessing paediatric trials, European regulators including methodology experts and participants with a scientific background or paediatric experience from ethics committees, paediatric research networks, pharmaceutical companies or contract research organisations. Registration open until 01/11/2011. Places limited.

Contact:
Ralf Herold
European Medicines Agency
7 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HB
United Kingdom
Phone: 0044-20-7418 8400
Fax: 0044-20-7523 8416
ralf.herold@ema.europa.eu
http://www.ema.europa.eu/

Organizer: European Medicines Agency

Keywords: ethics committees; research ethics; research ethics committees; health system; human experiment; beginning of life; medical ethics; pharmaceutics