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Published by Roger Snyder
Dec
26
From the LA Times
At least 530 government scientists at the NIH [National Institutes of Health], the nation’s preeminent agency for medical research, have taken fees, stock or stock options from biomedical companies in the last five years, records show.
NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni has told Congress that outside work should be allowed if “the scientist is giving advice in an area…that is not part of his official duties.”
Information gathered by a congressional committee, in addition to company records and 15,000 pages of government documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times under the Freedom of Information Act, shows that NIH researchers have repeatedly crossed Zerhouni’s line. …
The scientists at the NIH - seen by many outsiders as neutral government experts - advise federal regulators and write hundreds of articles for influential medical journals. Some travel the world encouraging doctors to prescribe a particular medication.
Thanks to DG at The Memory Blog
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