Background Analysis: US HHS Advisory Committee to Discuss Pediatric, Privacy and Harmonization Issues in Research – MAR 24-25, 2015 (SACHRP)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced that there will be a meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) on Tuesday to Wednesday, March 24-25, 2015. The meeting will focus on issues in the use of newborn dried bloodspots in research; harmonization of regulations and/or guidelines for human subjects research; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) issues with individual research results; and pediatric studies for drugs and biologics.