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Nature 432, 263 (18 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/432263b; Published online 17 November 2004

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Britain to combat conflicts of interest in drug regulators

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Tough measures to protect patient interests proposed by UK government.

Tough measures designed to excise conflicts of interest from committees that regulate drugs have been proposed by the British government.If the proposals are accepted, advisers on the panels that assess drug safety and performance, and report to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), will have to relinquish all financial interests in the pharmaceutical industry, health minister Norman Warner said on 11 November.