Amendments and additions to the World Medical Association declaration of Helsinki “Ethical principles for medical research involving human participants” [1]

The current version of the Declaration of Helsinki, adopted at the 75th General Assembly of the World Medical Association in October 2024, represents a significant step forward in the updating one of the basic international documents defining fundamental approaches to regulating medical research involving humans. The amendments and additions to the Declaration reflect the task of ensuring compliance of ethical principles of medical research with real research practice. For 60 years, the Declaration of Helsinki has maintained its importance as an ethical guide upholding the humanistic principles of medical research, motivating the professional medical community to cooperate and consolidate in the prevention of risks to humans, following the interests of science and society.