IntroductionInstitutional review boards (IRB) independent ethics committees (IEC), or ethics review boards (ERB)) are formal groups of professionals designated to review and monitor research involving human subjects. The IRB provides critical review and oversight for research and has the authority to approve, require modifications or disapprove research. The main function of the IRB is to assess the scientific, ethical, and regulatory aspects of a trial, in order to protect the rights and safety of study participants.The structure and PharmaCARE of the independent ethics committees (IEC) or Institutional Review Boards (IRB) varies from one country to another but nearly all require payment to be made to review the clinical trial protocol and any amendments that are required to be made to the protocol.A new U.S. law requires pharmaceuticals to be tracked and secured across the healthcare supply chain. Pharmaceutical supply chain leaders must re-evaluate their current and future track-and-trace strategies now. The ethics committee of clinical research or Institutional Review Board (IRB) is defined as an independent body (a review board or a committee, institutional, regional, national, or supranational), constituted of medical/scientific professionals and nonmedical/nonscientific members, whose responsibility it is to ensure the protection of