ContextDespite federal regulations on faculty conflicts of interest in federally funded
research, academic-industry ties are common, and evidence exists that financial …

Background Conflicts of interest pose a threat to the integrity of scientific research. The
current regulations of the US Public Health Service and the National Science Foundation …

As industry sponsorship of clinical research grows, investigators' personal financial
relationships with those sponsors are under increasing scrutiny. The federal government …

THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CUR-rently are under intense
examination. Increasing at-tention and concern have been directed toward the financial ties …

Background There is substantial concern that financial conflicts of interest on the part of
investigators conducting clinical trials may compromise the well-being of research subjects …

Context Despite increasing awareness about the potential impact of financial conflicts of
interest on biomedical research, no comprehensive synthesis of the body of evidence …

The dramatic growth in associations between investigators and industry has raised
appropriate concern about financial conflicts of interest. Investigators are also faced with …

David Korn, MD FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ACADEMIC BIO-medical
research first entered the public conscious-ness during the 1980s, along with a series of …

Financial conflicts of interest in a research setting can adversely affect patient care, teaching,
and research. Discussions of these conflicts ordinarily focus on issues that arise when …

ONFLICT OF INTEREST exists when a primary interest or goal is compromised or influenced
by a secondary goal. At a university or academic medical center, the primary goal typically …