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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.

Since November 2017, the Advarra team (formerly Chesapeake IRB and Schulman IRB) has been keeping clients informed of our work to integrate our processes and policies through emails, website postings and other communications.

Advarra, the premier provider of institutional review board (IRB), institutional biosafety committee (IBC) and research compliance services in North America, unveils a new website with a united brand.

Beginning May 1, all new study submissions to Advarra’s IRB will be made through the Advarra Center for IRB Intelligence (CIRBI) Platform.

IRB Services, Canada’s largest independent research ethics board (REB), has changed its name to Advarra

US federal departments and agencies propose delaying general compliance date for Common Rule revisions for an additional 6 months, modifying the compliance date to January 21, 2019.

Julie Blasingim, MBA, CIP, Director of IRB Reviews at Advarra, was featured in ARCP’s flagship journal, Clinical Researcher, which features peer-reviewed articles on the latest developments in clinical research.

Falcon Consulting Group, Inc., a leading global research quality and compliance company, has changed its name to Advarra Consulting, Inc.

Advarra will begin migrating legacy Schulman IRB study information into the Advarra electronic platform in May 2018. Clients will be contacted beginning in March to discuss the migration process and develop a transition plan.

Effective 2/5, Advarra IRB serves as the IRB providing oversight for the study(ies) listed on 1572s as under Schulman IRB oversight.