News & Insights
Welcome to Bellberry’s blog. Here we publish commentary, updates, feature posts, and thought leadership on research ethics, regulation, participant experience, and system change. Discover what’s happening across the research and ethics landscape in Australia and beyond.
National PICF Launch at Annual Vic Health Workshop
The new National PICF website and associated documentation was launched yesterday at the annual May Vic Health Workshop entitled ‘Innovations in Clinical Trials and Research.’ Bellberry have sponsored this initiative and CEO Kylie Sproston along with PICF Project Manager Simon Windsor attended the event held in Melbourne with Simon presenting a session entitled ‘Talk Read […]
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Australasian Ethics Network Conference 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS AND WEBSITE LAUNCH! It is a pleasure to invite you to join us at the 2016 AEN Conference to be held in Adelaide’s rapidly growing research hub. The conference is brought to you as a result of the collaboration of Bellberry, PRAXIS Australia and the Australian Research Management Society (ARMS), in conjunction […]
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Bellberry Education Evening
Thurs 7 April – The Science Exchange, Adelaide Around 61 people including several members from interstate attended this interesting and informative event. The two presentations generated discussion on first in human studies utilizing the incident in the BIAL/Biotrial Phase 1 trial in France early in January as a case study. The event was very well […]
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Committee F’s Inaugural Meeting
Committee F’s inaugural meeting will be taking place next week with Prof Annette Braunack-Mayer as the newly appointed Chair. Annette is a Professor of Health Ethics in the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide and she was the Head of School until October last year. Her area of research is public health […]
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Bellberry Further Expands Ethical Review Capacity
Bellberry is delighted to announce that its 6th Human Research Ethics Committee has been registered ahead of an inaugural meeting in March 16. In preparation ahead of the formal launch, the Bellberry team have been busy with the recruitment and selection process. We are pleased to introduce Annette Braunack-Mayer as the new chair for Committee […]
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ACTA 2015 International Clinical Trials Symposium
7-10 October 2015, Sydney The theme of this year’s meeting is Better Evidence, Better Health and it aims to bring together a broad range of local and international experts in the design and conduct of clinical trials, clinical data and registry custodianship, healthcare funding, policy and regulation, healthcare service delivery, health information technology and patient […]
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On-Line CTN Scheme reminder
From 1 July 2015 the Clinical Trials Notification (CTN) Scheme transitioned from a paper based form to an online format. The paper-based notification form is now no longer available as there are some differences in the required information for the online form. As a reminder any paper based forms the TGA receive after 1st July […]
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Jeans for Gene’s Day at Bellberry
Last Friday 7 August Bellberry staff again wore jeans in support of national Jeans for Gene’s day. Jeans for Genes (Australia) was born in 1994 to support research into genetic diseases, birth defects and cancers at Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Jeans for Genes Day is held on the first Friday in August each year […]
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PRAXIS Launch New Website
Bellberry are delighted to announce the launch of the PRAXIS Australia website at http://www.praxisaustralia.com.au/ PRAXIS Australia Ltd promotes the understanding and practice of ethical human research in Australia and internationally, to enhance the welfare of research participants and the quality and effectiveness of research. Over the next few weeks PRAXIS will expand their online services […]
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Bellberry Celebrates International Clinical Trials Day
International Clinical Trials Day is held on 20 May each year to commemorate the day that James Lind began his trials into the causes of scurvy. Lind’s experiments in 1747 were run under very different conditions to today. Serving as a surgeon on the HMS Salisbury, his trial consisted of just 12 men, grouped into […]
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New Bellberry Board Members
Bellberry are pleased to welcome Hon John Hill and Prof Ian Frazer AC to the Board of Bellberry Ltd. John Hill is perhaps best known for his recent and long-term appointment as health minister for South Australia. John is a teacher by profession, but entered politics in 1997. With the Rann Government election in 2002 […]
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New Bellberry Chair
Bellberry is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Barry Chatterton as Chair of Bellberry Ltd HREC D. Dr Chatterton is a highly qualified physician, with a specialisation in nuclear medicine. He brings a wealth of experience from both the public and private sectors. Dr Chatterton is also an experienced HREC Chair having been involved […]
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Streamlining Multi-centre Research, 2015 Annual Workshop
Clinical Trends and New Approaches Wed 6 May, The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne Simon Windsor and Trina O’Donnell attended this event held at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in May. Simon presented a session to over 200 people at this popular workshop which is organised by Victoria Health. The workshop addressed current […]
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Bellberry Education Evening
Thurs 30 April – The Science Exchange, Adelaide Around 45 people with several members from interstate attended this interesting and informative event. The two topics presented were ‘Ethical and regulatory challenges generated by surgical innovation’ and ‘Procedures and Devices.’ The event was very well received and a range of interesting questions were raised. Our Education […]
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Bellberry at ARCS 2015
ARCS Scientific Congress, Sydney 5-7 May 2015 This year ARCS are running a combined congress for those working in the development of medicines and medical technologies including clinical research, regulatory affairs, quality/GMP, medical devices, reimbursement, pharmacovigilance, medical information, medical affairs, and workplace management. This year Bellberry are delighted to be presenting at two sessions. Our […]
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Human Research Ethics Committees
Discover how Bellberry's committees operate and maintain the highest ethical standards in research.
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Monitoring & Quality
Learn about Bellberry's continuous improvement and oversight processes that ensure accountability.
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Grant Activities
See how Bellberry reinvests in research education and participant-focused initiatives.
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