 (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.