Israel – Case 1-10 according to Israeli law

Abstract

Biomedical experiments on humans and human material are regulated generally by the Public Health (Medical Experiments on Humans) Regulations (1980). The regulations provide for a licensing regime, administered by institutional committees and a central review board under the authority of the Director-General of the Ministry of Health. The Regulations' definition of “medical experiment on humans” seems broad enough to cover chimeric procedures that entail making experimental use of human biological material and mixing it with animal material. Hence the regulatory regime established by the Regulations becomes applicable. The Animals Suffering (Experiments on Animals) Law (1994) establishes a licensing regime for a regulated conduct of animal research. No reference is made to animal experimentation involving chimbrids. The legislature's concern is focused on the prevention or diminution of laboratory animals' physical pain, suffering and discomfort.