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The National Bioethics Conference (NBC) is a meeting ground for delegates from India and abroad to report, debate and brainstorm on a wide range of ethical issues in health, health care and health research.​

Each NBC has witnessed the active participation of bioethicists, medical professionals, researchers and activists from across the globe. NBCs take place every two years in India and are co-hosted by the Forum for Medical Ethics Society and Indian Journal of Medical Ethics along with other partners.

NBC in the Press

  • Bioethics on trial | Frontline

    At the first national bioethics conference held in Mumbai, the discussions centred on India as a hot destination for clinical trials and medical research. ...

  • India struggles to regulate biomedical research | SciDevNet

    India is struggling to regulate its stem-cell research and clinical trials despite aiming to become a world leader in these fields, said specialists last week. The comments were made at India’s first national bioethics conference, which took place in Mumbai on 25-27 November. ...

  • Three-day national bioethics meet begins | Deccan Herald

    The three-day IJME 5th National Bioethics Conference, organised by the St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in association with the Forum for Medical Ethics Society and others, began in the City on Thursday. Attended by over 600 participants from across the world, it is aimed at giving an impetus to bioethics as a discipline.

  • The theatre of medicine | The Hindu

    Three short plays will highlight the need for empathy in healthcare as part of the National Bioethics Conference

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