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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

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Company/ URL Contact Information Therapeutic Expertise <strong>and</strong> Types of Services Structure Number <strong>and</strong><br />

Type of Staffing<br />

Canadian Western Institutional<br />

Review Board (WIRB)<br />

www.wirb.com<br />

Can-Med <strong>Clinical</strong> Research<br />

Inc.<br />

www.can-med.ca<br />

Suite 400-601 West Broadway<br />

Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4C2<br />

Board Liaison, WIRB Canada<br />

Tel : 604 872-5030<br />

Fax 604 872-5032<br />

Client Services<br />

Tel : 800-562-4789<br />

clientservices@wirb.com<br />

Chair/President of REB: John<br />

McNeill PhD<br />

Contact: Yi He<br />

yhe@wirb.com<br />

330-1641 Hillside Avenue,<br />

Victoria, B.C. V8T 5G1<br />

Tel: 250-370-2606<br />

Fax: 250-370-2604<br />

Contact: Cindy Trytten<br />

cindy.trytten@can-med.ca<br />

Contact: Dr. Peter Pommerville<br />

peter.pommerville@can-med.<br />

ca<br />

Research Ethics Board for <strong>Clinical</strong> Research Studies in Canada<br />

Provides independent IRB services, often to industrysponsored<br />

national multi-centre <strong>and</strong> international clinical<br />

trials for Biomedical, Behavioural, Social <strong>Sciences</strong> studies.<br />

Able to provide a broad range of services with the flexibility<br />

to meet individual needs while maintaining full regulatory<br />

compliance.<br />

WIRB provides review services for more than 100 institutions<br />

including academic centres, hospitals, networks <strong>and</strong><br />

in-house biotech research, as well as for individual investigators<br />

in all 50 states <strong>and</strong> internationally. WIRB has worked<br />

with all major pharmaceutical <strong>and</strong> device manufacturers,<br />

<strong>and</strong> CROs; the biotech industry; <strong>and</strong> is actively developing<br />

the internet links for secure, fully-electronic submissions.<br />

WIRB Services:<br />

• IRB Review<br />

• Training<br />

• Institutional Biosafety Committee Services (IBCS)<br />

• Data <strong>and</strong> Safety Monitoring Services<br />

• Consultations<br />

• Exemption Determinations<br />

Specializes in clinical trials in urology (including prostate<br />

<strong>and</strong> bladder cancer) on Vancouver Isl<strong>and</strong>. The largest<br />

urology-focused clinical trial site in Western Canada. Incorporated<br />

in 2000, the facility includes 5 private examination<br />

rooms used for conducting the informed consent process,<br />

discussions with patients <strong>and</strong> performing study related<br />

assessments, a secure investigational product storage room<br />

<strong>and</strong> secure refrigerators, a secure, locked filing room that<br />

houses case report forms <strong>and</strong> source documents for current<br />

studies, <strong>and</strong> private rooms for monitors <strong>and</strong> auditors.<br />

Provides support services to other Investigational Sites,<br />

including budget <strong>and</strong> contract development, SOP templates<br />

<strong>and</strong> on-site training for research coordinators.<br />

Committee:<br />

Independent (nonaffiliated)<br />

For-profit organization<br />

based in the<br />

US, with representatives<br />

located in<br />

Vancouver, B.C.<br />

Located in Victoria<br />

B.C.<br />

Dr Peter Pommerville<br />

(FRCS(C))<br />

is the Founder<br />

<strong>and</strong> Director of<br />

Research.<br />

The Board meets<br />

every two weeks<br />

in its office located<br />

in Vancouver<br />

B.C.; supported<br />

by staff at WIRB<br />

headquarters in<br />

Olympia Washington.<br />

7 staff: Director<br />

of Research,<br />

Site Manager, 4<br />

research coordinators,<br />

I research<br />

assistant<br />

Types of Clients Regulatory<br />

Qualifications<br />

Large Pharma,<br />

SMEs, Hospitals,<br />

Institutions,<br />

University Med<br />

schools, <strong>and</strong><br />

small operations<br />

requiring CT REB<br />

services<br />

Reviews in accordance<br />

with:<br />

Health Canada<br />

Division 5,<br />

the Tri Council<br />

Policy Statement<br />

ICH GCP E6 <strong>and</strong><br />

US CFR Title 21<br />

Parts 50 <strong>and</strong> 56<br />

CFR Title 45<br />

Part 46.<br />

Large <strong>and</strong> small<br />

pharma/biotech,<br />

CROs<br />

<strong>Trials</strong> comply<br />

with GCP <strong>and</strong><br />

applicable<br />

federal (Canada<br />

<strong>and</strong> US) regulations

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