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Published online 8 July 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.653
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Researcher payment reporting under scrutiny
Debate over NIH conflict-of-interest rules divides scientists.
What is a 'significant' financial interest for a medical researcher? Is it $200? Or $5,000? And should scientists be required to report all such company payments to their institutions, or only those that a 'reasonable person' would deem 'possibly relevant' to their publicly funded research?
The answers are debatable, as shown by suggestions submitted before a 7 July deadline to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
In May, the NIH solicited comments on its rules for reporting financial interests by the university-based researchers it funds.
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