11.   This is not a reason why district ethics committees should yield to pressure to abdicate their responsibilities to local citizens.

12.   The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him.

13.   The decision opens the way for the trial to begin this autumn pending approval from the French drug agency and the local ethics committee.

14.   The study was approved by the ethics committee of our university and informed consent was obtained from all patients and healthy volunteers.

15.   Informed consent was obtained from each person and the protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Leiden University Hospital.

16.   Informed consent was obtained from all participants, and the study had approval from the institutional human ethics committee.

17.   Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from each patient and control, and the protocol was approved by the ethics committee at Huddinge University Hospital.

18.   The study was approved by the local ethics committee.

19.   The study was approved by the Western Infirmary ethics committee and each patient gave informed written consent.

20.   The study was approved by the ethics committee of the university hospital.