About the Unit of Biomedical Ethics

The Research Ethics Committee is established at the Faculty of Medicine King Abdul-Aziz University to provide independent advice to participants, researchers, funders, sponsors, employers, care organisations and professionals on the extent to which proposals and conduct of research studies comply with recognised ethical standards.

The committee work in accordance with the national and international guidelines for ethics on human research (The national committee of medical bioethics www.kacst.edu.sa, Saudi Food and Drug Administration www.sfda.gov.sa and Guideline for Good Clinical Practice www.ICH.org Topic E6 (RI) Guideline for Good Clinical Practice, Declaration of Helsinki is available on the WMA Web site, https://www.wma.net/ International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects by COIMS at https://www.cioms.ch/ and International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (An Islamic Perspective) https://www.emro.who.int/ahsn/presentations/day2/dr-hossamfadel.pdf)