Ethics Committee (IEC. IRB) - An independent body (a review board or a committee, institutional, regional, national, or supranational), constituted of medical professionals and non-medical members, whose responsibility it is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of Trial Subjects involved in the Study and to provide public assurance of that protection, by, among other things, reviewing and approving / providing favourable opinion on, the Protocol, the suitability of the Investigator(s), facilities, and the methods and material to be used in obtaining and documenting Informed Consent of the Trial Subjects.
