ACE Drafted Principle
Guidelines for Ethical Conduct

Epidemiology and Ethics

The American College of Epidemiology has recently released to their members drafted Princilpe Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the field of epidemiology. This draft has been presented to te ISPE's Board of Directors with the notion that comments from the ISPE members are to be encouraged. However the period of consultation expires on June 15, 1999. It is impossible to collect a harmonized ISPE view. As a compromise, the following course of action has been agreed.

Members wishing to obtain a copy for comment can contact the ISPE Office at ispe@paimgmt.com. An electronic copy will be provided. Members may view a copy online or request a "paper" copy by calling or faxing the ISPE Office at:

Phone: (202) 416-1641
Fax: (202) 416-1744

Each member may send comments individually by the June 15, 1999 deadline to:

ACE
Penny DePas
4202 Lake Boon Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607 USA
Fax: (919) 787-4916
Email: Pdepas@OLSONMGMT.COM

Members submitting comments should specify that they are members of ISPE.

Members are also requested to submit a copy of their comments to:

Gottfried Kreutz
Public Policy/Ethics Committee Chair
BfArM
Federal Institute for Drugs & Medical Devices
Seestraße 10
Berlin, D-13353
Germany
Office Phone: 49-30-4548-3189
Fax: 49-30-4548-3207
Email: r.ryl@bfarm.de

Comments will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Public Policy/Ethics Committee during the 15th ICPE in Boston. At that time, the committee will consider how the ACE proposal may best serve ISPE. The committee will also consider whether to endorse, adopt or modify the ACE proposal as a possible foundation for the developement of an ISPE code of ethics.