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CHICAGO ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH & EDUCATION IN
SCIENCE
Building One Room C347,
Fifth Avenue & Roosevelt Road, , Hines, IL 60141
Phone: 708-343-6300 Fax:
708-343-9676
www.cares-research.org
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Romy Cox, Pharm.D.
Joan Cummings, M.D.
Ron Flink
Tariq Hassan, M.D.
Joseph Herman, M.D.
A. Karczmar, Ph.D., M.D.
Dennis M. Lewis, FACHE
Armand Littman, M.D.
Robert Morrel
A.S. Pate
David Quade, Esq.
Barbara K. Temeck, M.D.
Rita Young, Ph.D. |
Date: December 18, 2001
To: Board of Directors
Subj: IRB Fees-A Brief Survey
As suggested at the
November 30, 2001 meeting of the Board of Directors, a brief survey of
IRB fees at VA facilities was conducted. Supplemental information was
gathered via the internet in regard to commercial and university IRB fee
structures. For those VA facilities indicating they used the IRB of
their university affiliate, the data was incorporated into the
university figures. In virtually all cases, fees were charged only to
commercially-sponsored research by the VA and University IRBs.
VA IRBs:
Information was collected from 27 VA sites operating their own IRBs.
Of these, four indicated they were not currently imposing IRB charges
although one of these stated it would likely initiate an IRB charge in
the near future. Of the 23 remaining, the initial review rate ranged
from $500-$2000 with an average of $1417. Continuing review fees were
in effect at ten of the 23 VA facilities with fees ranging from $200 to
$500 and an average of $470. (The current Hines IRB rates are $1500
for the initial review and $500 for the continuing review.)
University IRBs:
Fee data for a total of 29 universities with IRB rates either published
on the internet or provided by their VA affiliates was collected. Four
of the 29 universities were not charging for IRB reviews. Of the other
twenty-five, the cost of initial review ranged from $260 to $2500 with
the average being $1243. Eleven of the university IRBs listed a charge
for continuing reviews which ranged from $150 to $800 and averaged $419.
Commercial IRBs:
As a point of interest and for comparative purposes (VA facilities are
not allowed to use commercial IRBs) five commercial IRBs with rate
structures published on the internet were identified. The range of
initial review costs was $975 to $1350 with the average being $1145.
Continuing review rates were in effect at four of the commercial IRBs
and ranged from $350 to $800 with the average being $512. The rate
structure for some of these was more complex and detailed than used by
either VA or university IRBs (expedited review; $350; Initial review of
qualifications of investigator, $300; major modification, $600; minor
modification, $250; emergency meeting of IRB, $2500; etc).
Based on this brief survey, it appears most, but not all, research
facilities are charging for IRB services at rates consonant with those
currently being charged by the Hines/N Chicago VA Institutional Review
Board.
Ron
Flink
Executive Director
708-202-2111 (Direct)
708-343-6300 (Main)
708-343-9676 (Fax)
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