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The sponsor-investigator is responsible for:
- Assuring that a qualified IRB will be responsible for initial and continuing review and approval of the investigation.
- Providing a letter or email from the FDA (as an attachment to the HawkIRB new project application) giving the IND number assigned by the FDA.
- Assuring that he/she will report to the IRB all changes and unanticipated problems involving risk to human subjects or others.
- Assuring that he/she will not make any changes in the investigation without prior IRB approval, except where necessary to eliminate apparent immediate hazards to human subjects.