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Drug & Device News

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
September 27, 2006

Is Drug Researcher Too Cozy With Manufacturers?

Responding to reports of possible conflicts of interest between a drug researcher at the National Cancer Institute and pharmaceutical companies, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in August reportedly sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) asking for information about researchers' involvement with drug companies. (Willman, The Los Angeles Times, 8/10). There have been allegations that Thomas Walsh, the head of pediatric medical research at the National Cancer Institute, accepted consulting fees and/or research donations from drug manufacturers Merck and Fujisawa. He has also testified before government agencies on behalf of the two companies, something not generally allowed under federal law. The Congressional Committee has asked for several years' worth of Dr. Walsh's financial disclosure statements as well as documents setting out FDA policy on employees testifying on behalf of drug companies before the FDA and its advisory committees.

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