NIH Conflicts of Interest
Panel Releases Report
May 7, 2004 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Blue Ribbon Panel on Conflicts of Interest, chaired by Bruce
Alberts and Norman Augustine, May 6 presented its final report
to the Advisory Committee to the Director. NIH Director Elias
Zerhouni, M.D., established the Panel as part of the agency's
inquiry into its own conflict of interest policies, after
concerns were raised in the media and Congress that some NIH
employees had financial relationships with industry that could
affect their work as government employees and that represented
potential or actual conflicts of interest.
The report contains 18 recommendations for correcting identified
concerns and addressing key policy issues. The Panel urged
adoption of its recommendations as quickly as possible to
assure continued public confidence in the work of NIH. It
also noted with approval the guidelines developed by the AAMC's
Task Force on Financial Interests in Clinical Research.
Information:
Susan Ehringhaus <sehringhaus@aamc.org>, AAMC
Division of
Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, 202-828-0543
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