Research and Development Statistics (RDS)

This electronic publication provides recent statistics on the resources devoted to the R&D in OECD countries and in nine non-member economies.

New Data for Understanding the Human Condition: International Perspectives

OECD Global Science Forum report on data and research infrastructure for the social sciences.

Inventory of recent Environment Policy Briefs, Brochures and Flyers

This inventory includes recent policy briefs, brochures and flyers related to the environment and chemical safety programmes.

OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Clinical Trials

This framework introduces a risk-based oversight and management methodology for clinical trials. It combines a stratified approach that is based on the marketing authorisation status of the medical product and can be applied in a common manner across countries’ regulatory frameworks, with a trial-specific approach that considers other issues such as the type of populations concerned by the trial, or the informed consent of the patients.

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• OECD urges countries to harmonise clinical trial regulations to boost medical research and save lives
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OECD urges countries to harmonise clinical trial regulations to boost medical research and save lives

Increasingly complex and inconsistent clinical trial regulations are causing delays, raising costs and leading to a decline in the number of international trials conducted by academics for non-commerical purposes.

Innovation and Inclusive Development (February 2013 revision)

This report addresses a number of policy-relevant themes around innovation and inclusive development. It provided background reflection for a conference on the topic organised by the OECD and South Africa’s Department for Science and Technology on 21 November 2012 in Cape Town.

Related Documents

• Conference on Innovation for Inclusive Development

Current Developments/Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials

This document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries that attended at the 10th meeting of OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (Paris France, 27-29 June 2012).

Guidance on Sample Preparation and Dosimetry for the Safety Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials

This is a guidance on sample preparation and dosimetry, to which special attention should be paid when testing nanomaterials for human health and environmental safety endpoints.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Sweden

The purpose of this review is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the key elements, relationships and dynamics that drive the Swedish innovation system and the opportunities to enhance it through government policy.

Consensus document on composition of new soybean varieties: food and feed nutrients, anti-nutrients, toxicants and allergens

This revised document supplies basic information (compositional considerations, key constituents), useful in risk/safety assessment of food and feed using new varieties of soybean (Glycine max.). This updated publication replaces the original issue of 2001.

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