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Conflict-of-Interest Rules Worry Some Scientists
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Results from a survey designed to clarify whether the strict new conflict-of-interest rules at the National Institutes of Health have affected the agency—perhaps by sending campus scientists packing and keeping others from joining—may have actually muddied the picture.
The survey of 8,000 employees at 10 institutes paints a portrait of a place where most say they are satisfied with their jobs, despite 2005 rules that ban all consulting within the health care industry, and plan to be at NIH in the next year. Yet most believe that the agency won't be able to hold on to its staff because the new ethics rules prohibit the kind of collaborative interactions that are now common in the academic world.
The response was even more contradictory when you look only at scientists: 88% intend to be working at NIH in the coming year, but 72% think the new rules will affect NIH's ability
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