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How: Live over the Internet --
Simply log on to the web at the address above."
Because of the multiple types of assurances in use, HHS will allow
research institutions to transition to the new system over the next 11 months.

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31, 2005, all institutions conducting HHS-funded human subjects
research must hold an FWA approved by HHS' Office for Human Research
Protections (OHRP).

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, Senior Vice President, Finance,
Bladex, +011-507 -210-8563, or cyap@blx. A
single Web-based "Federalwide Assurance" (FWA) will replace the several types
of assurances under which research institutions had operated in the past. Schwetz, D.
By Dec.

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HHS Announces Simplified System for Research Protection Assurances

"It reduces the burden of regulatory
compliance while strengthening the research community's ability to focus on
protections for research subjects.

Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are
available at http://www.

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Investors' Contacts: Carlos Yap S.

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Includes Government Agencies, law and military information.

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corporate-ir.com, or Peter Majeski, both of i-advize Corporate
Communications, Inc.

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, director of the
Office for Human Research Protection.gov/ohrp /assurances/assurances_index.
The Common Rule signatories group includes the Departments of Agriculture ,
Energy, Commerce, Defense, Education, HHS, Housing and Urban Development,
Justice, Transportation , Veterans Affairs, the Agency for International
Development, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Consumer Products Safety
Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.

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"We are pleased to provide this robust and flexible simplification to our
assurance system," said Bernard A.hhs.
Nearly all federal departments and agencies that conduct or fund human
subject research adhere to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human
Subjects, a set of identical regulations adopted by 16 departments and
agencies in 1991 that is known informally as the "Common Rule.

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PANAMA CITY, Bladex (NYSE: BLX)
announces the following Webcast:

What: Bladex 1st Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call

When: Friday, May 6, 2005 @ 11:00 AM EDT

Where:
http://phx.com; Melanie Carpenter,
mcarpenter@i-advize.com ." The Common
Rule is based on the HHS regulations in force since 1974 and requires that
federally supported research involving human subjects be covered by an
assurance.

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The other Common Rule agencies now have the option of using -- or
directing their grantees to use -- the HHS FWA, rather than operating their
own assurance systems, and a large majority of the agencies are expected to
rely on the FWA.

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If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be
archived at http://www.

Bladex is a multinational bank originally established by the Central Banks
of Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote trade finance in the
Region. For more information, visit the OHRP assurance Web page
at http: //www.

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, +1-212-406-3690; Luisa de Polo, Assistant Manager,
Shareholder Relations, Bladex, +011-507 -210-8667, or lpolo@blx.hhs.

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Webcast Alert: Bladex Announces First Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call

Based in Panama, its shareholders include central banks and state-
owned entities in 23 countries in the Region, Latin American and international
commercial banks, and institutional and retail investors in the New York Stock
Exchange.M.html.

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Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) today announced a new simplified mechanism for all research
institutions that receive HHS funding or support to obtain an assurance of
compliance with HHS regulations for the protection of human subjects.V.

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WASHINGTON, The U.
OHRP is a component of the Office of the Secretary, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Public Health and Science.gov/news.

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works to support and strengthen the nation's system for protecting those who
volunteer to participate in research that is conducted or supported by HHS
agencies.