FCOI: Financial conflict of interest: Notice of proposed rule making - input requested - Thursday, May 20, 2010

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NEWS ADVISORY

FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING

Thursday, May 20, 2010

WHAT:

Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often

essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the

bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI)

can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among

government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, which is open for public comment for the next 60 days,

proposes a general revision to the existing regulations.

WHO:

NIH Director Francis S. , M.D., Ph.D.

WHEN:

Press telebriefing: Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. EDT

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1-888-456-0322

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