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Integrity In Science
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
POGO's Angela Canterbury offering comments on the plan to restore scientific integrity to federal policy making.
November 4, 2011
Obama Should Remove Top Advisor on Bioethics
July 12, 2011
POGO Letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew Regarding Proposed NIH Rule on Financial Arrangements between Researchers and Industry An intrusion by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may be about to undermine the integrity of medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A new rule proposed by NIH will increase transparency in the financial arrangements of NIH funded researchers in medical schools and universities. However, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is concerned that OMB may weaken or block an important part of the proposed new rule.
July 11, 2011
POGO's Letter to President Obama on Bioethics Commission Chair's Ghostwriting Practices
July 11, 2011
POGO’s FAQ on Medical Ghostwriting: A Guide to How Industry is Corrupting Medical Research
June 28, 2011
Frequently Asked Questions about Medical Ghostwriting
June 28, 2011
Concerns About Potential Conflicts of Interest, Patient Safety Cited in Shut Down of Stanford Clinical Trial, According to Emails
January 13, 2011
POGO's fourth reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
December 23, 2010
POGO's third reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
December 16, 2010
POGO's second reply to letter from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
December 9, 2010
POGO's first reply to letters from Dr. Schatzberg and Dr. Nemeroff
December 8, 2010
POGO Letter to NIH on Ghostwriting Academics
November 29, 2010
POGO Letter to NIH Director Francis Collins Again Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers' Financial Ties to Industry
November 19, 2010
One More Scandal at the NIH
June 7, 2010
POGO Presses NIH Director to Seek Public Disclosure of Researchers’ Possible Conflicts of Interest
March 15, 2010
POGO Letter To NIH Director: Medical Researchers Should Be Made To Publicly Disclose Possible Conflicts Of Interest
March 15, 2010
POGO Letter To NIH Director Francis Collins Urges Public Disclosure of Medical Researchers' Financial Ties To Industry
March 11, 2010
Dr. Ned Feder: Ethical Problems at NIH - The Struggle Continues
October 24, 2008
Scientists Who Serve
November 15, 2006
Paid Consulting and Conflicts of Interest at NIH
July 26, 2005
The Whistleblower: Dr. Dinah Bodkin’s Experience Blowing the Whistle at Harvard Medical School
January 1, 1999
Children's Ears & Antibiotics: Gold Mine for Pharmaceutical Companies, Land Mine for Children This report was first released in June 1994, and was updated in August 1994 to reflect the information published in the final version of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guidelines, "Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children." August 1994, Revised Edition.
August 1, 1994
Related Resources
HHS IG’s Investigations Plans
Inspector General Daniel Levinson,
March 23, 2007
POGO in the News
National Institutes of Health Drops Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures for Universities, David Wallechinsky, AllGov.com, August 8, 2011
Group Critical of Delay in NIH Disclosure Rule, Emily P. Walker, MedPage Today, July 30, 2011
Alleged research misconduct at University of Pennsylvania, Jared Yee, BioEdge, July 14, 2011
Paxil study under fire, Meredith Wadman, Nature News, July 13, 2011
New COI Rules at Risk?, Jef Akst, The Scientist, July 12, 2011
U. of Pennsylvania Professor Accuses Colleagues of Slanted Research, Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 12, 2011
Penn psychiatrist alleges misconduct by colleagues, Stacey Burling, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2011
Obama Should Remove Top Advisor on Bioethics, , Pharmalive.com, July 12, 2011
Emails show drug company used third-party medical groups to influence regulators, undercut rivals, Marian Wang , ProPublica, May 25, 2011
The Illness Profit System and National Security, Part Two , By Stephan A. Schwartz, Senior Fellow, Samueli Institute, The Huffington Post, December 23, 2010
Group urges NIH to require public disclosure of medical researchers' industry connections, By Ethan A. Huff, NaturalNews.com, December 15, 2010
Drug Maker Wrote Book Under 2 Doctors’ Names, Documents Say, By Duff Wilson, The New York Times, November 29, 2010
Despite Obama's Lofty Words, Scientific Integrity Rules Are Lagging, By Dan Froomkin, The Huffington Post, July 9, 2010
NIH proposes new funding rules to prevent conflicts of interest, By Rob Stein, The Washington Post, May 21, 2010
NIH researchers are up-front about their support from drug companies, right? Wrong!, By S. L. Baker, Natural News.com, April 1, 2010
NIH Transparency: Research Over Bureaucracy, By Thomas Sullivan, Policy and Medicine, March 24, 2010
NIH Should Disclose Financial Conflicts: Watchdog, By Ed Silverman, Pharmalot.com, March 16, 2010
Should NIH-Funded Researchers Be Required to Publicly Reveal Conflicts?, By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science.com, March 16, 2010
Department of beams in the eye, By Meredith Wadman, Nature, October 23, 2008
NIH Scolded Employee For Flagging Conflicts, By Ed Silverman, Pharmalot, October 22, 2008
NIH Punished Scientist Who Had Called for Open Records, By Richard Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 22, 2008
Food and Drug Safety on the Cheap: It Can’t Be Done , By POGO's Ned Feder, Staff Scientist, The Hill , July 22, 2008
Report faults NIH on conflicts, By Bob Grant, The Scientist Blog, January 18, 2008
HHS Watchdog to Recheck Ethics Cases, By Rita Beamish, Associated Press, Forbes Magazine, March 30, 2007
HHS Watchdog to Re-Check Ethics Cases, By Rita Beamish, USA Today, Associated Press, March 29, 2007
Disclosure for Extramural NIH Researchers?, Letter to the Editor by POGO's Ned Feder, The Scientist , February 1, 2007
Feds Charge Alzheimer's Researcher, By Rita Beamish, Associated Press, CBS News, December 5, 2006
