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Drugmakers Receive Extended Deadline
Drugmakers are now required to record all payments and gifts, including dinners, rounds of golf and consulting fees, to doctors. The Physician Payment Sunshine Act is part of President Obama's reform of the health care system. The extension is due to the proposed...
New study conducted at Duke shows challenges with informed consent forms
All of us in research are aware of the challenges with length and understandability of informed consent documents. In a new article found in the December issue of Anesthesiology News entitled "Uninformed Consent: Average Study Participant Likely Unaware of Risks,"...
Pearl IRB End of Year Holiday Hours
Our office will be closed for the holidays December 23rd through December 26th, 2011 and also on January 2nd, 2012. We will hold no regular IRB Board meeting the week of December 26th. If you need to talk to us about your need for an urgent review, just contact us...
FDA Released Two New Guidance Documents
The FDA released two new documents aimed to clarify the process for clinical trial approval and establishing earlier clinical trial studies during device development. The FDA is currently searching for a small number of companies to in the pilot program. Jeffery...
Pearl CEO Guest Expert for WBEC Webinar
Pearl Pathways' President and CEO, Diana Caldwell, will be a guest expert for the Women’s Business Enterprise Council of the Great Lakes region (WBEC-GL) webinar on December 7th at 12pm. The subject of the webinar will be focused on how to get the most out of a WBEC...