Final Rule on Revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
On January 19, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), along with 15 other federal agencies (collectively, “the Departments”), published a final rule revising the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, otherwise known as the “Common Rule.”¹ These regulations govern clinical research involving human subjects conducted or sponsored by the Federal departments and agencies that have adopted the regulations (“Common Rule departments and agencies.”) The final rule is the first major update of the Common Rule since 2005.
