Why the draft revised material transfer agreement is not fit for purpose

The South African National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) recently released a final draft revision of the standard material transfer agreement (MTA) that was promulgated into law in 2018. This new draft MTA raises pertinent questions about the NHREC’s mandate, the way in which the draft MTA deals with data and with human biological material, and its avoidance of the concept of ownership. The UKZN legal team makes recommendations to reshape and improve the draft MTA.
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