Want to know what happens when the NIH toes the conflict free holier than thou line espoused by Marcia Angell, JAMA, NEJM.....
"Ethics rules send NIH scientists packing
By RITA BEAMISH, Associated Press WriterSat Oct 28, 6:06 PM ET
Nearly 40 percent of the scientists conducting hands-on research at the National Institutes of Health say they are looking for other jobs or are considering doing so to escape new ethics rules that have curtailed their opportunity to earn outside income.
Most scientists say the ethics crackdown is too severe, and nearly three-quarters of them believe it will hinder the government's ability to attract and keep medical researchers, according to a survey commissioned by the government's premier medical research agency.
The tightened rules were put in place last year after NIH found dozens of scientists had run afoul of existing restrictions on private consulting deals that had enriched them with money from drug and biotechnology companies.
Outside income from such companies is now banned. NIH also is placing greater restrictions and disclosure requirements on employees' financial holdings....."
What's so delicious about all this is Jim Greenwood, now chairman of BIO was one of the Congressman who beat up NIH on this COI issue. Now BIO is bemoaning the fact that NIH is losing the smartest people, particularly at NCI and testified before the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on conflict of interest against the very limits that are sending scientists packing.
And if you think it's bad now, just wait till Dingell and Waxman get control of the relevant committees....Fewer scientists conducting less research in cooperation with scientists in academia and companies in such areas as stem cell research, Alzheimer's, cancer, etc. That means less investment in these critical areas and less progress. Way to go.
"Ethics rules send NIH scientists packing
By RITA BEAMISH, Associated Press WriterSat Oct 28, 6:06 PM ET
Nearly 40 percent of the scientists conducting hands-on research at the National Institutes of Health say they are looking for other jobs or are considering doing so to escape new ethics rules that have curtailed their opportunity to earn outside income.
Most scientists say the ethics crackdown is too severe, and nearly three-quarters of them believe it will hinder the government's ability to attract and keep medical researchers, according to a survey commissioned by the government's premier medical research agency.
The tightened rules were put in place last year after NIH found dozens of scientists had run afoul of existing restrictions on private consulting deals that had enriched them with money from drug and biotechnology companies.
Outside income from such companies is now banned. NIH also is placing greater restrictions and disclosure requirements on employees' financial holdings....."
What's so delicious about all this is Jim Greenwood, now chairman of BIO was one of the Congressman who beat up NIH on this COI issue. Now BIO is bemoaning the fact that NIH is losing the smartest people, particularly at NCI and testified before the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on conflict of interest against the very limits that are sending scientists packing.
And if you think it's bad now, just wait till Dingell and Waxman get control of the relevant committees....Fewer scientists conducting less research in cooperation with scientists in academia and companies in such areas as stem cell research, Alzheimer's, cancer, etc. That means less investment in these critical areas and less progress. Way to go.
