CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PREVALENT AT INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS, WITNESSES TELL HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE; NATIONAL OVERSIGHT BOARD SUGGESTED
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Conflicts of interest at both university and free-standing institutional review boards are wide-spread, witnesses testified at a May 23 hearing before Rep. Ron Wyden's (D-Ore.) House Small Business/Regulation Subcommittee. The heating addressed issues of informed consent and the protection of human subjects in clinical research.