The VRB file (Volunteers for Biomedical Research) is the national file for subjects who participate in biomedical studies. You can access it on Internet. You can find there all the data of subjects that currently participate in studies. According to the article L. 1121-16 du code de la santé publique, people participating in biomedical studies for the products mentioned at the article L. 5311-1 must be registered in that file. They are:

• Either healthy subjects
• Or sick subjects with a pathology that does not interfere with the studied product.