About Ethics Committee

Ethics committee is a committee formally designated to review and approve the initiation of clinical research study involving human participants and to provide continuous review of the research study. Constituted of medical, non-medical, scientific and non-scientific members for ensuring the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects involved in the clinical study. Might have different names in different institutions- Independent Ethics Committee, Institutional Review Board (IRB)- it’s an American preferred nomenclature.