WCG's New England IRB reaccredited by AAHRPP

WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the world's largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for human research and a leading provider of software solutions designed to accelerate clinical trials safely, announced today that its New England Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been reaccredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). This association serves to protect the rights and welfare of clinical research participants, and also to build public trust and confidence in research.

"At WCG, we endeavor to attain the highest quality and efficiency standards in all our business operations and we have our work reviewed regularly by external experts," commented WCG Chairman and CEO Donald A. Deieso, Ph.D. "As a result, all of our 14 review panels are AAHRPP accredited; our Western IRB and Copernicus Group IRB are the only two IRBs certified to ISO 9001:2008; and we have also achieved Lean Six Sigma certification."

"New England IRB's AAHRPP reaccreditation underscores WCG's commitment to championing scientifically and ethically sound research, safeguarding clinical trial participants, and demonstrating continuous improvement," said AAHRPP President and CEO Elyse Summers, J.D.

"WCG has always been a strong proponent of the AAHRPP accreditation process and we consider it to be an important validation of the high quality of our clinical reviews," said WCG Chief Compliance Officer David Forster, JD, MA, CIP. "In addition to ensuring that all our IRBs are AAHRPP accredited, we also help other institutions to achieve that milestone through our WCG Consulting division."

SOURCE WIRB-Copernicus Group