No Board Meeting- Pearl IRB year end holiday hours

Our office will be closed for the holidays December 24th, 25th, 31st and also on January 1st.  There will be no IRB Board meeting the week of December 24th due to the holidays. We will resume IRB reviews the week of December 31st and hold a Board meeting on January...

FDA emphasizes the crucial role of IRBs in new draft guidelines

The new FDA draft guidance issued last during the second week of November demonstrates that FDA does not want institutional review boards (IRBs) to lose their critical role in the clinical research process.  The new guidance, issued in November 2012 entitled “IRB...

NCI receives enthusiastic feedback from recent pilot study

Huron Life Sciences recently released an article about a recent pilot study conducted by National Cancer Institute (NCI). During the month of October, The NCI conducted a pilot study testing feasibility of using an independent CIRB model. Twenty- four institutions...