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Mike King¹, Angela Ballantyne^1,2

¹Bioethics Centre, School of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Journal of Medical Ethics

|September 20, 2018

Summary

Donor-funded research, often called "pay to play," can be ethical. This research, when regulated and reviewed, offers benefits for health research and personal liberty.

Keywords:

clinical trials drugs and drug industry ethics committees/consultation research ethics research on special populations

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Medical Ethics
Health Research Funding

Background:

Donor-funded research involves private funding for research benefits.
Criticized as unethical, termed 'pay to play' research.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline and argue for the permissibility of donor-funded research models.
To address ethical objections concerning exploitation and fairness.

Main Methods:

Analysis of three donor-funded research models.
Ethical argumentation based on personal liberty and research facilitation.
Defense against counterarguments regarding fairness and public good.

Main Results:

Donor-funded research can be permissible under specific ethical frameworks.
It can facilitate otherwise unfunded health research.
Consistency with existing ethical standards for human subjects research is possible.

Conclusions:

Donor-funded research should be regulated by standard health research legislation and undergo ethical/peer review.
Acceptability of such research depends on adherence to established review standards.