NIH Does Not Keep Accurate Records Of Conflicts Of Interest For Agency Grantees, HHS Report Says
The report looked at conflict-of-interest reports between 2004 and 2006. It follows a Government Accountability Office investigation from May 2007 that determined NIH staff researchers require "better guidelines about when and how to bow out of studies" that might influence the organizations that sponsored their research, according to Bloomberg/USA Today.
The HHS report said, "It is imperative ... that the research conducted using these funds not be biased because of any conflicting financial interests of investigators." The report also called for inspection efforts to be stepped up to ensure hospitals, universities and other research locations follow regulatory standards and provide data on conflicts of interest and how they are handled (Lopatto, Bloomberg/USA Today, 1/21).
The report is available online (.pdf).
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