November 12, 1999

6 Deaths of Patients Undergoing Gene Therapy Were Not Reported Immediately

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Two university researchers failed to immediately notify the National Institutes of Health about the deaths of six participants in gene-therapy trials over the past year, in apparent violation of federal regulations, officials said last week.

However, a spokeswoman for one of the researchers said the rules for disclosure were not clear. And a pharmaceutical company that has sponsored similar research has asked the agency to waive the public-disclosure

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