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008 - Chapter 3 Ethical Considerations for Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research - part 4
Safeguarding Children Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research responds to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebeliuss call for an ethical examination of anthrax vaccine trials involving children. In January 2012, after a federal committee recommended initiating such research, the Bioethics Commission was tasked with investigating the ethical implications. Their findings emphasized that extensive adult testing is essential before any pediatric trials can ethically proceed. The Commission outlined rigorous conditions that must be satisfied before considering research on pediatric…
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