The Clínic Foundation is aware of its responsibilities and requires rigour and transparency throughout every phase of development of a research project, clinical trial or other trial carried out within it.

The Clínic Foundation guarantees compliance with that stipulated by current legislation, which requires that certain processes should be completed before a research programme can be initiated. Research staff are trained to take the Clínic’s Foundation responsibilities into account in their actions and must make a conscious effort to uphold their position as trusted and humanitarian members of the organisation.

The essential regulation governing research states that no research project (basic, clinical or epidemiological) or clinical trial may be initiated unless the project or trial has been summarised in a standardised written protocol approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CEIC) and, if necessary, also by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee (CEEA).