April 11, 2003
Proposed Guidelines Would Let Universities Police Financial Conflicts of Interest
The Bush administration proposed guidelines last month that would let research institutions decide whether to restrict researchers' financial interests in studies involving human subjects, and whether such interests should be reported to the research volunteers.
Some universities already have conflict-of-interest policies covering both of those areas; the draft federal guidelines are aimed at encouraging more institutions to follow suit. However, some research watchdog groups have said
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