May 8, 2012, Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, today announced the selection of IRB Chairperson Glenn Veit as a speaker for the May 15 “Creating a Global Clinical Trial Platform: Partnering for Synergy” symposium. The event is sponsored by…READ MORE
April 19, 2012, Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, will have two representatives on the program committee for a May 15 symposium sponsored by Drug Information Association and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the company has announced. CGIRB Vice President…READ MORE
March 15, 2012, Durham, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB) Quality Management Director Yvonne Higgins spoke at the Asia Pacific Research Ethics Conference, held March 7-9 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore. Ms. Higgins’ presentation, “Building a Quality Institutional Review Board/Ethics Review Committee,” included discussions of the…READ MORE
March 20, 2012, Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, today announced the release of CGIRB Connexus® 2.0. Connexus, CGIRB’s award-winning e-document management system, is utilized by sponsors, CROs and sites to manage every phase of the IRB review process. Connexus 2.0…READ MORE
Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, this month accepted Training Magazine’s annual Training Top 125 award, which highlights companies’ excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. Sydney Douglas, CGIRB’s corporate trainer, accepted the award at Training’s 2012 Conference and Expo, held Feb. 13-15 in Atlanta….READ MORE
Copernicus Group IRB’s Nathan Schepker presented a lecture at Campbell University’s School of Pharmacy this week. The CGIRB Associate Project Manager spoke to undergraduates at the Buies Creek, N.C., school about Informed Consent. Schepker’s lecture featured information on the history of institutional review boards, the Tuskegee study, IRB formation…READ MORE
Copernicus Group IRB Chair Glenn Veit, JD, CIP, this month served as a guest lecturer at Campbell University’s School of Pharmacy. Veit taught a three-hour class in Vulnerable Populations to graduate students in Campbell’s Clinical Research program. It was the third year Veit was invited to present at the…READ MORE
Copernicus Group IRB Quality Management Director Yvonne Higgins, CIP will speak at the Asia Pacific Research Ethics Conference in Singapore this March, CGIRB announced today. Higgins will present on Quality Management and Quality Improvement in Research – one of the featured tracks of the March 7-9 conference at the Grand Copthorne…READ MORE
Two members of the Copernicus Group IRB team spoke at the 2011 Advancing Ethical Research Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Dec. 4. CGIRB Chairperson Glenn Veit, JD, CIP, spoke on “Sponsor Responsibilities in Unanticipated Problems and Adverse Event Reporting.” His presentation reviewed new FDA regulations on adverse event…READ MORE
CGIRB sits among top national, international brands Dec. 6, 2011, Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Copernicus Group IRB (CGIRB), a leading independent institutional review board, has been named a finalist in Training Magazine’s annual Top 125, which ranks companies’ excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. The final rankings…READ MORE
