‘Twas the night before Hanukkah and at OSP,
We were lighting menorahs and trimming the tree,
sIRB policy was all tucked in its bed,
In hopes that the deadline extension will alleviate dread.
Wondering whether the Common Rule soon will appear,
Perhaps we will see it in the coming New Year?
The RAC’s streamlined process is now put in place,
To focus on biotech moving at rapid pace.
With 21st Century Cures passed and signed,
On implementation, we’ll spend lots of time.
More rapid than eagles, precision medicine soars,
And we juggle the policy issues that still lay in store.
Now CRISPR! Now data! Now Select Agents in vials!
On chimera! On privacy! On clinical trials!
Speaking of which, we continue to move,
Policies to help clinical trials improve.
From the start of the project! To training and checking!
To the reporting of results we now are expecting!
To protocol templates we hope you will use,
And have you seen our GCP FAQs?
The Moonshot is launched, NSABB report’s been released,
Research with chimps now has been ceased.
Your thoughts on data sharing we still want to hear,
RFI’s been extended until early next year.
Genomic Data Sharing – it’s still running along!
HeLa cell review – it’s still going strong!
While it’s hard to believe this year’s almost over,
We’ll be highlighting biosafety again, next October.
Time to start thinking about next year’s plans,
Because good science and good policy, go hand in hand.
And our policy wonks all just want to say,
“To the NIH world, have a fine holiday!”
