Definitions for "IRB"
Investigational Revue Board - mostly in Europe and includes the Ethical Revue Board in the institution where the sponsor (WEX) is requesting the clinical work to be carried out.
Institutional Review Board. An independent group of individuals including physicians, scientists, legal representatives, patient advocates and clergy whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety, and well-being of human subjects involved in a trial by reviewing, approving, and providing continuing review of trials, protocols and amendments, and of the methods and material to be used in obtaining and documenting the informed consent.  See Independent Ethics Committee.
Institutional Review Board. Group of scientists, doctors, clergy and consumers at each health care facility that participates in a clinical trial. IRBs are designed to protect study participants. They review and must approve the action plan for every clinical trial. They check to see that the trial is well designed, does not involve undue risks, and includes safeguards for patients.
industrial revenue bond. A form of financing whereby a municipality or development corporation issues bonds to finance revenue producing projects. Project revenue is used to pay debt service on the bonds.
See INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BOND.
Internal Revenue Bulletin. Bulletins issued (weekly except during the summer) by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRB contains newly issued regulations, procedures, and agency announcements.
Keywords:  resseguros, brasil, instituto
Instituto de Resseguros do Brasil
Keywords:  broterhood, republican, irish
Irish Republican Broterhood
Keywords:  inshore, rescue, boat
Inshore Rescue Boat
Keywords:  bridge, routed, integrated, isdn, tear
integrated routed and bridged. An IRB network includes a bridged network and one or more routed networks.
integrated routing and bridging. The process of routing between a number of bridge-groups.
integrated routing and bridging Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part. An upper-layer application supported by SS7 for connection set up and tear down.
Lag response of prepayments Legal defeasance
Keywords:  ready, building, internet
Internet-ready building
I/O request block. An IRB is a block of data that describes an operation to perform.