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At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to Advarra's IRB meeting schedule, timelines or regular office hours due to Hurricane Florence.

Advarra’s offices will be open Monday, September 24th.  The training event will have no other impact on IRB/IBC meetings or regular office hours.

Advarra has updated its IRB policy for documenting total blood volume in research.

Advarra has updated its IRB policies for research involving minors. This includes policies on obtaining a child’s assent as well as parental consent requirements.

Advarra has updated its IRB policy on applying ICH-GCP Guidelines to US research.

NIH has published a proposal to amend the NIH Guidelines to streamline oversight for human gene transfer research and reduce duplicative regulatory reporting requirements.

Advarra will implement the Common Rule revisions, including the 3 burden-reducing provisions, on the new effective date of January 21, 2019.

Human Subject Protection: Roll With ItOctober 4, 2018Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, KY

US federal departments and agencies have published a final rule delaying the revised Common Rule general compliance date to January 21, 2019.

Advarra’s offices will be closed all day Monday, May 28th. The IRBs and IBCs will not meet on Monday, May 28th.

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect May 25, 2018. While the regulation is intended to cover EU personal data, non-EU entities may still be impacted.

Reference materials and guidance documents for working with Advarra’s IRB are now available in the Advarra Center for IRB Intelligence (CIRBI) Platform.