Ethics/Regulatory

Independent Review Consulting, Ethical Review Committee Plan Merger

Monday, January 11, 2010 07:22 AM

Two independent institutional review boards (IRBs)—each in business for more than 20 years—will soon become one company if a proposed merger is completed.

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AAHRPP Revises Standards

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 08:16 AM

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) issued the final version of the first major revision of its standards in its eight-year history.

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FDA Launching New Rules to Expand Access to Investigational Drugs

Thursday, August 27, 2009 09:16 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published two new rules to help seriously ill people gain access to investigational drugs when they are not eligible for clinical trials and have exhausted other treatment options.

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CenterWatch Monthly August 2009

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 08:00 AM

Working at the Global Level in China

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FDA Debars Two Clinical Investigators Six Years after Fraud Convictions

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 07:27 AM

More than six years after being convicted of fraud, two medical researchers were recently barred from working as clinical investigators by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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CenterWatch Monthly July 2009

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 07:00 AM

China Ushers In New Era of Innovation

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Bill Aims to Increase Enrollment for Rare-Disease Clinical Trials

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 08:47 AM

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives last week seeks to increase patient participation in clinical trials for rare diseases.

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CenterWatch Monthly June 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009 09:17 AM

U.S. Sites Rate Medpace, Kendle, ICON as Top CROs in 2009

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AAHRPP's Revised Standards Available for Comment

Thursday, June 4, 2009 07:13 AM

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) released revised accreditation standards June 1--the first major revision since the organization established the standards in 2001.

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Coast IRB to Close in Wake of GAO Investigation

Monday, April 27, 2009 09:31 AM

Coast IRB, the institutional review board (IRB) that was the target of an undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), is closing its doors, according to reports published last week.

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