Here's a story about sidestepping IRB processes by going offshore http://khn.org/news/offshore-rush-for-herpes-vaccine-roils-debate-over-u-s-safety-rules/ http

Here's a story about sidestepping IRB processes by going offshore http://khn.org/news/offshore-rush-for-herpes-vaccine-roils-debate-over-u-s-safety-rules/ http://khn.org/news/offshore-rush-for-herpes-vaccine-roils-d... "Neither the Food and Drug Administration nor a safety panel known as an institutional review board, or an IRB, monitored the testing of a vaccine its creators say prevents herpes outbreaks. Most of the 20 participants were Americans with herpes who were flown to the island several times to be vaccinated, according to Rational Vaccines, the company that oversaw the trial."