Number: RL32909
Title: Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An Analysis of the Common Rule and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Authors: Erin D. Williams, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Legislation to revise the Common Rule has been introduced in every Congress since 1997. In the 109th, the PhRMA Act of 2005 (H.R. 870) was introduced, to provide criminal penalties for concealing evidence of serious drug adverse events. Bills introduced in former Congresses include the Protection for Participants in Research Act of 2003 (H.R. 3594, 108th Congress), the Research Revitalization Act of 2002 (S. 3060, 107th Congress), and the Human Research Subject Protections Act of 2002 (H.R. 4697, 107th Congress).
Pages: 76
Date: July 19, 2005