Ethics committee minutes: Heart of ethics committee quality

Ethics committee (EC) is responsible for safeguarding the rights, safety, and well-being of all clinical trial participants.[1] The EC review of research is also essential to ensure public accountability and to minimize the influence of research investigator's conflicts of interest.[2] The requirement of a review of research by EC is overarching as the review covers other ethical principles-social and scientific value of clinical research; risk:benefit, informed consent, fair selection of clinical research participants, and scientific validity of protocol. Independent review by an EC is vital for ethical conduct of clinical research. The EC has to comply with the regulations and guidelines to ensure the quality of the ethical review