60 years ago the Declaration of Helsinki was adopted. It was the first set of international ethical principles guiding medical research involving human participants and is regarded as the most important document in the history of research ethics.
To keep up with the changing medical research landscape and the evolving global ethical challenges, revisions of several revisions to the declaration have been made in the past.
Did you know that the World Medical Association (WMA) has recently announced the adoption of the 2024 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki? Besides a modernized language, it has introduced impactful changes regarding the group of vulnerable populations and emphasized the importance of patient-centric research designs.