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Law of Ukraine “On the protection of personal data»

Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Animals from Cruelty” No. 3447-IV

Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of 23.09.2009 “On Approval of the Procedure for Conducting Clinical Trials of Medicinal Products and Examination of Clinical Trial Materials and the Model Regulations on Ethics Commissions» № 690

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

Code of Ethics for Physicians of Ukraine

European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Research and Other Scientific Purposes (Strasbourg, 1986)

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

Directive of 22.10.2010.  «On the protection of animals used for scientific purposes» 2010/63/EU

Order of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Ukraine  No. 249 of March 01, 2012 “On Approval of the Procedure for Conducting Research and Experiments on Animals by Scientific Institutions»

Also, the guidelines “Bioethical Expertise for Clinical and Other Scientific Research Performed on Animals” (Kyiv, 2006).

All procedures describing experiments involving laboratory animals, any work using materials obtained from humans or from donors and/or patients must be conducted in accordance with the norms of bioethics. When describing experiments with laboratory animals, it is necessary to indicate which recommendations for working with animals (national, institutional) were followed during these procedures. If it is not possible to fully comply with these standards, the author should justify the change in the protocol, approve it by the local bioethics committee, and indicate the relevant changes in the section “Materials and methods».