Specter to Hold Hearing On
NIH Consulting Deals
January 16, 2004 - The Senate Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Arlen Specter (R-Pa.),
will hold a hearing Jan. 22 on allegations surrounding conflicts
of interest at the National Institutes of Health made in Dec.
8, 2003, Los Angeles Times story [see Washington
Highlights,
Dec. 12, 2003]. The tentative witness list includes NIH
Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D., former NIH Acting Director
Ruth Kirschstein M.D., NIH Clinical Center Director John Gallin,
M.D., and National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases Director Stephen Katz, M.D., as well as
HHS deputy ethics attorney, Ed Swindell, and a representative
from the Office of Government Ethics.
Information:
Dave Moore, Senior Director
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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