Biomedical Research: HHS Direction Needed to Address Financial Conflicts of Interest
The General Accounting Office report examines how academic research institutions are implementing Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations governing individual investigators financial interests and how conflicts of interest are being managed. The report says presently, HHS method of handling conflicts in biomedical research is limited in its ability to preserve research integrity and protect human subjects.
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http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0289.pdf