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IBC : Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICMJE : International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
IEC : Independent Ethic Committee
Investigator : A person responsible for the conduct of the research at a research
site. If research is conducted by a team of individuals at one or
more research sites, the responsible leader of the team may be
referred to as the Principal Investigator
IP : Intellectual Property
IRB : Institutional Review Board
IDMC : Independent Data-Monitoring Committee (also known as Data
and Safety Monitoring Board, Moni-toring Committee or Data
Monitoring Committee)
JPP-NIH : NIH Research Review Panel (Jawatankuasa Penilaian Penyelidikan-
NIH)
JPP-NIH Secretariat : Secretariat for JPP-NIH
JPP- CRC : Clinical Research Center Research Review Panel (Jawatankuasa
Penilaian Penyelidikan-CRC)
JPP-CRC Secretariat : Secretariat for JPP- CRC and all HRRCs
LMOs : Living Modified Organisms
MoA : Memorandum of Agreement
MCRCR : The Malaysian Code of Responsible Conduct in Research
Minimal Risk Research : Research in which probability and magnitude of physical or
psychological harm that is normally encountered in the daily lives,
or in the routine medical, dental, or psychological examination of
healthy persons
Modern Biotechnology : Application of in vitro nucleic acid techniques, in-cluding
recombinant DNA and direct injection of the nucleic acid into cells
or organelles; or fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family, that
overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombina-tion
barriers that are not technique used in tradi-tional breeding and
selection.
MOH : Ministry of Health Malaysia
MOH Investigator : Investigator from MOH Facilities other than National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
More than Minimal Risk : Research in which the probability of the occurrence of an adverse
Research event is more than what is normally encountered and likelihood
of serious harm is plausible which may cause a temporary or
permanent effect to subject
MoU : Memorandum of Understanding
MREC : Medical Research & Ethics Committee
MRG : MOH Research Grant
MRG Secretariat : Secretariat MOH Research Grant
NCCR : National Committee for Clinical Research

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