”Golden rice” scandal is not an isolated event.It had deep inner root of occurrence.As the consensus,protecting the Participants in the clinical research is the joint responsibility of research related parties.Researchers, IRB, research institutions should bear their responsibilities respectively.The absence of any aspect will lead to the events even more serious than ”golden rice”.Based on two decades of research ethics practice and continuously leaming from the international guidelines of biological research ethics, the Science and Technology Division of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Ethics Review Committee of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Society (WFCMS)jointly put ”Assessment Standard for Ethics Review of TCM Research with Human Participants” into effect.According to this standard, the WFCMS launched the ”Chinese Medicine Assessment for Human Research Protection System” (CMAHRPS).In China, CMAHRPS acted as a third party to evaluate the human subject protection system of the organization.According to the state laws and regulations, international ethical guidelines, CMAHRPS first introduced the evaluation of human subjects” protection system in traditional medicine research in China.Since November 2012, CMAHRPS has assessed nearly 32 hospitals of Chinese medicine or integrative medicine, achieved fruitful outcome, provided valuable experience for establishing Ethics Review system all over the country.It might bridge the Chinese medicine research to the international settings.
Research Ethics Ethics Review System Clinical Research of Chinese Medicine Human Research Protection Program
Jing Wu Hongwei Gao Nan Zhao Yugen Chen Sicheng Wang Chunbo Xu Hua Bai Xiaoyun Wang Yun Xia Jianwei Shang Zhaohui Liang Guangli Jiang Zhicheng Sang
Affliated Hospital of Nanjing University of TCM,155 Hanzhong Road,Nanjing,210029 China Affiliated Hospital of Changchun university of traditional Chinese medicine,1478 Gongnongda Road,Cha The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese,26 Heping Road,Harbi State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1 Gongtixi Road,Beijing,100026 China Ethics Committee of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies,19 Xiaoying Road,Beijing,100101 C Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,6 Fangxingyuanyiqu,Beijing,10 Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,5 HaiyuncangBeijing,100700, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1 Neihuanxi Road,Guangzhou,510006,Chin Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine,53 Huanghe Road,Urumchi,83 Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences,Huajiadijie,Beijing,100102,China;Aff