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Versiti Acquires Indianapolis-based
Pearl Pathways and Pearl IRB
Versiti, a national leader in blood health innovation, today announced the acquisition of Pearl Pathways and Pearl IRB, a recognized trusted advisor and preferred partner for enabling innovative and expedited life science product development.
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Pearl IRB 2024 Year-End Schedule
Full board meetings occur Monday afternoons at 4:30 PM Eastern. Complete study submissions received by the EOB Monday will be reviewed at the Monday meeting of the following week. To ensure a timely review of your study, please refer to the Example Timeline for Full...
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When new participants are recruited by current participants to become part of a study sample, it is called “snowball sampling.” This is a non-probability sampling technique that can be a practical way to identify and recruit individuals with certain characteristics to...
Improving Exempt Submissions: 7 Tips to Reduce Revision Requests
When evaluating exempt protocols, we often get the comment, “Hey! This study is super simple, and obviously exempt. What’s the deal with the revisions?!”. While this is often very much the case, the IRB must evaluate what is presented against what is required by...