NIH urged to create rule

摘要

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, has been asked to create regulations for how its grantee institutions handle financial conflicts of interest, in a report released on 10 January by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The NIH said in a statement that it is considering the recommendation as it drafts rules, but gave no timetable; it has already proposed regulations addressing conflicts for individual researchers. A spokesperson declined further comment.