RE:  IRB Fee

 We charge industrial sponsors $500 plus indirect cost for IRB review.
 We also charge $500 plus indirect cost for a pharmacy set-up fee for
 all trials using drugs.  We have not yet started charging not-for-
 profit sponsors for the IRB fee, but charge all for the pharmacy set-
 up fee.  We also charge $25 per patient for the pharmacy for the
 dispensing of the drugs.

 We use the funds from the IRB review for sending IRB members to PRIM&R
 and for other educational events and materials.  For example, we
 transported our members to an MRI facility so that they could better
 understand the workings and interpretation of MRI testing.

 The amount of time involved in all of the above far exceeds the $500+
 charges.

 Diane C. Gilbert, CRA
 Director, Research and Training Development
 Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
 Boston
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