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Conflict-of-Interest Inquiry May Be Reopening at NIH »

Posted by: Aidenag 1 year, 5 months ago

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Federal investigators are reviewing the activities of 103 scientists who may have had improper links to pharmaceutical companies while they were employed at the National Institutes of Health, apparently resurrecting a conflict-of-interest inquiry that many in the agency thought was closed.

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Blackacereturn1 year, 5 months ago

It never stops with these people, this is why I feel Aids is man made, it was to make these bastards richer and it got out of hand!
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WCFIELDS1 year, 5 months ago

"...many of the nation's best scientists would leave the federally funded research enterprise if options for outside income were lost."
Then they're most likely NOT the Nation's best scientists.

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evelyna1 year, 5 months ago

I can understand conflict of interest to an extent. Does it really matter.
A lot of this is just nothing more than an excuse to keep people from earning all of the money they want to earn.
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WCFIELDS1 year, 5 months ago

"Does it really matter."(?)
I swear to God. I've got to stop reading this stuff!

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