September 5, 2003

Study Cites Potential Conflicts of Interest Among Members of Institutional Review Boards

Nearly half of the medical-school faculty members who serve on the boards responsible for protecting volunteers in clinical research also serve as industry consultants.

That dual role raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest, says a study published in August in the journal Academic Medicine.

The study found that 47 percent of the faculty members serving on the institutional review boards, or IRB's, also had consulted for industry within the past three

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