Sub-Comittee on Medical Research Ethics

ETENE's Sub-Committee on Medical Research Ethics (TUKIJA) was appointed on October 1, 1999. Its functions include:

1. Supporting regional ethics commissions in ethical matters of principle related to medical and other health care research, and arranging appropriate training.

2. Issuing national opinions on international multicentre studies (can also be assigned to a regional ethics commission)

3. Discussing fundamental issues involved in research ethics.

TUKIJA operations are based on the Decree on ETENE (494/1998) and the Act on Medical Research (488/1999). Appointed TUKIJA members include experts on pharmaceutical research, genetics, epidemiology and other clinical research, jurisprudence and ethics. The Sub-Committee also has a number of lay members who represent the viewpoint of the research subjects.

TUKIJA meets about once a month.

Any research plans sent to TUKIJA for evaluation should be accompanied by a request for an advisory opinion, which can be filled in here as a Word document.

TUKIJA has also drawn up instructions for researchers and ethics committees and issued instructions on patient information concerning DNA tests and the safe period necessary before pregnancy after pharmaceutical trials.

TUKIJA and Pharma Industry Finland have compiled a list of documents related to clinical pharmaceutical trials to be sent to TUKIJA.

For more information on TUKIJA operations, please contact the secretary of the Sub-Committee:

Outi Konttinen
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health/ETENE
P.O.BOX 33 (Kirkkokatu 14, Helsinki)
FIN-00023 Government Finland

Tel. +358-9-160 73147
e-mail: outi.konttinen(at)stm.fi

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