NIH scientists chafe under ethics rules on industry ties
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires its scientists to maintain an extremely strict ethical standard in their dealings with industry. The 1986 Technology Transfer Act, which aimed at getting industry and government to work together in developing new products, also increased NIH scientists' contacts with the private sector and hence forced NIH to toughen its ethical rules. However, the unreasonable standards may be relaxed somewhat when the Office of Government Ethics announces new rules in Jun, 1992.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Racial tensions entangle NIH in dispute over AIDS drug
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The National Institutes of Health foolishly thought it could assess interferon alpha as an AIDS therapy with the same standards of scientific rigor it applies to other drugs. This approach failed to account for the determination of African American AIDS advocates, who believe the government is ignoring or perhaps even fostering the AIDS epidemic among minorities. Advocates of the drug, marketed as Kemron, believe it should be evaluated for its effect on symptoms, rather than on immune system indicators.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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