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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 15 other agencies have issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that applies a 6 month delay to the effective date and general compliance date of the revisions to the “Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects” (also known as the Common Rule) originally published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149).

Both Schulman IRB and Chesapeake IRB will retain d/b/a status for an interim period and continue to operate under the current structure.

As a part of ongoing integration efforts, Schulman IRB and Chesapeake IRB have developed a joint Fee Schedule for the combined Advarra organization.

Chesapeake IRB and Schulman IRB, the research industry’s two most respected institutional review boards (IRBs), have combined to create Advarra.