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10
Sep2019

Webinar Follow-Up: Advanced Noncompliance Scenarios for IACUCs – Laboratory Animals and Wildlife

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10 Sep
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On June 20, PRIM&R hosted a webinar, Advanced Noncompliance Scenarios for IACUCs: Laboratory Animals and Wildlife, which presented interactive scenarios to assist IACUCs in navigating the challenges associated with identifying, investigating, reporting, and correcting noncompliance at their institution. In this blog post, Stacy Pritt, DVM, MS, MBA, CPIA, CHRC, DACAW, assistant vice president for conflict of interest and the IACUC at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, offers input on a protocol review process called veterinary verification and consultation (VVC), and explores a scenario from the webinar in which this method may be employed by the IACUC to prevent noncompliance as well as to reduce regulatory burden. Read more

19
Feb2019

PRIM&R’s Comments on Federal Working Group’s Draft Report on “Reducing Administrative Burden for Researchers: Animal Care and Use in Research”

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19 Feb
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Last week, PRIM&R submitted comments in response to a request for information (RFI) on a draft report issued by the federal Working Group on Reducing Administrative Burden to Researchers for Animal Care and Use in Research. Comments on the draft report are due February 20, 2019, and we encourage you to consider submitting your own comments. The community is welcome to cite PRIM&R’s comments or borrow any of the points we make Read more

4
May2018

Workshops and Sessions and Scenarios, Oh My!

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4 May
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At my institution we frequently struggle with recruiting IACUC members and then keeping them on the committee once they realize the required time commitment. In an IACUC18 session titled “Keeping the Key Players in Your Animal Care and Use Program Informed and Engaged,” Helen O’Meara, Jo Ann Henry, and Ernie Prentice, PhD, shared fantastic strategies for keeping committee members informed and engaged. Read more

29
Sep2017

Research Ethics Roundup: Real World Evidence and the FDA, New Report on Biosecurity Concerns and Research, All of Us Research Program Visits Low Income Communities, The Animal Welfare Act and Farm Research Animals

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29 Sep
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup looks at a top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official’s speech on real world evidence, a National Academies report that highlights the lack of guidance for the research community on the security concerns around dual-use research, how and why the All of Us Research Program is working with traditionally marginalized communities, and the effectiveness of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) inspections of Agricultural Research Service facilities. Read more

2
Jun2017

Research Ethics Roundup: Congress Reviews Regulatory Compliance Costs, Why the Fogarty International Center Matters, USDA Sued Over Animal Welfare Records, Negotiating Drug Prices with Human Subjects

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2 Jun
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup reviews a Congressional hearing on reducing overhead payments for research oversight, highlights doctors’ arguments for saving the Fogarty International Center at the National Institute of Health (NIH), discusses legal challenges faced by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) over their decision to delay reposting animal welfare records, and outlines a proposal that allow human subjects to negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry on drug pricing issues.

House Science Panel Joins Trump in Questioning Research Overhead Payments
Jeffrey Mervis reports for Science on a recent Congressional hearing in which representatives reviewed the [...] Read more