The Nuremberg Code and its impact on clinical research

by Natalie Jarmusik, Clinical Research Associate, IMARC Research The Nuremberg Code is one of the most influential documents in the history of clinical research. Created more than 70 years ago following the notorious World War II experiments, this written document established 10 ethical principles for protecting human subjects. We’ll take a closer look at its origins, its guidelines and its enduring impact. What Is the Nuremberg Code? When World War II ended in 1945, the victorious Allied powers enacted the International Military Tribunal on November 19th, 1945.  As part of the Tribunal, a series of trials were held against major war criminals and Nazi sympathizers holding leadership positions in political, military, and economic areas.  The first trial conducted under the Nuremberg Military Tribunals in 1947 became known as The Doctors’ Trial, in which 23 physicians from the German Nazi Party were tried for crimes against humanity for the atrocious experiments they carried out on unwilling prisoners of war.  Many of the grotesque medical experiments took place at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where Jewish prisoners were tattooed with dehumanizing numbers onto their arms; numbers that would later be used to identify their bodies after death. The Doctors’ Trial is officially titled “The United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.,” and it was conducted at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.  The trial was conducted here because thi...
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