WIRB-Copernicus Group Launches Non-Profit Foundation

WIRB-Copernicus Group^® (WCG™), a provider of regulatory and ethical review services and software to support clinical research, announced the launch of WCG Foundation to strengthen protections for research participants and improve health and well-being worldwide.

WCG Foundation will initially focus on three programs: advancing education and training in research ethics at U.S. academic institutions, providing scholarships for the Western Institutional Review Board^® (WIRB) International Fellows Program, and making IRB review more affordable for patients who are desperate to gain access to experimental treatments.