Bioethical Principles

The Фармацевтичний часопис. Pharmaceutical Review journal follows the rules recommended by the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (Strasbourg, 1986), World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki, and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals).

All procedures describing experiments that involve use of laboratory animals, any material of human nature or participation of donors and/or patients should be carried out in accordance with the rules on bioethics.

“When reporting experiments on humans, the authors should indicate whether the procedures are carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee responsible for conducting experiments on humans (departmental and national) and the Declaration of Helsinki (1975, revised in 2000). If doubt exists whether the research has been conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors should explain the justification of their approach and demonstrate that the institutional oversight authority has allowed questionable research aspects. Reporting on experiments on animals, authors should specify whether the departmental and national rules on the care and use of laboratory animals are followed. The whole procedure should be included in the Materials and Methods paragraph. More information find in the recommendations for authors Guidelines for authors https://ojs.tdmu.edu.ua/index.php/pharm-chas/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Declaration of Informed Consent

In accordance with the rules approved by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), “Patients have the right to privacy, which cannot be violated without their informed consent. Definition of information, including patient names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs and ancestries if this information is not important for scientific purposes. Prior to submitting a manuscript for publication, the identified patient must give informed consent. Identification details should be hidden if they are not substantial. Complete anonymity is hard to warrant, but informed consent must still be obtained if there are any doubts. For example, masking the eye area in patient photographs is a doubtful protection of anonymity. If for anonymity reasons, the identifying features are changed, for example in genetic genealogies, then the authors should ensure that the changes do not distort the scientific meaning; the editors should pay their attention to it as well. The requirement for informed consent should be included in the author’s instructions. If the informed consent is obtained, then this fact must be presented in the published article.”