Article from Pearl IRB staff featured in SCRS InSite magazine

Check out this article (login registration is required) entitled “What could proposed changes to the Common Rule mean to sites, sponsors and IRBs” published in the Q2 2013 edition of the Society for Clinical Research Sites’ online journal, InSite. ...

New white paper addresses informed consent process

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) released the first of a series of white papers aimed to describe the best practices for researchers to obtain valid informed consent from participants. Members of the ACRP committee state that the current...

NEW Pearl IRB White paper available now!

In December 2012, Pearl IRB published a White paper, “What Could Proposed Changes to the Common Rule Mean to Sites, Sponsors and IRBs?”  The Common Rule, also known as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects outlines regulatory requirements for human...

European summit examines the reuse of health data

Recently, the International Journal of Medical Informatics published a white paper on the proceedings of the 2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data. The meeting, which convened in Brussels, Belgium in May, brought together delegates from government,...