Integrity in Science Watch

Medical & Science Journals Urged to Adopt Common Policy on Disclosing Financial Conflicts of Interest

2008-07-11

Uniform Rules Would Aid Compliance, Editors and Bioethicists Say
WASHINGTON�The Center for Science in the Public Interest today urged editors of journals of science and medicine to adopt a common standard for disclosing financial conflicts of interest among their authors, editors, and peer reviewers. The nonprofit watchdog group, whose Integrity in Science Project monitors corporate influence on science, developed a model disclosure policy with Barnett S. Kramer, Thomas F. Babor, and Wendy Cowles Husser, respectively of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the journal Addiction, and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons; and bioethicists Arthur Caplan and Jonathan Moreno, both of University of Pennsylvania.

NASA's James Hansen to Deliver Keynote at CSPI Conference on Rejuvenating Public-Sector Science

2008-06-25

WASHINGTON�James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) will deliver keynote addresses at an upcoming conference on rejuvenating public-sector science, sponsored by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. The title for Hansen's address will be Threat to the Planet: The Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming. Miller will speak on Preserving Scientific Integrity: The Role of Congressional Oversight.

Despite Official Spin, Report Shows FDA Can Easily Find Experts Without Conflicts of Interest

2007-12-03

Science Groups Urge Agency to Adopt Restrictions on Conflicted Experts
Two weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration claimed a new report prepared by the Eastern Research Group (ERG) showed it would be difficult to create advisory committees free from conflicts of interest and that advisers granted conflict-of-interest waivers have greater expertise than those without conflicts of interest. However, an independent analysis of the data in the study shows just the opposite, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who, with other prominent science and consumer groups, is today urging the FDA to adopt the conflict-of-interest guidelines the agency published last March. Those guidelines would ban anyone with greater than $50,000 a year in financial ties to industry from advisory committees and deny a vote to anyone with lesser conflicts.

FDA Reform Bill Passes House & Senate

2007-09-21

Statement of CSPI Integrity in Science Director Merrill Goozner

Physicians Urge Kennedy, Dodd to Support Curb on Financial Conflicts of Interest on FDA Advisory Committees

2007-09-12

Integrity in Science Watch

2007-03-26

Week of 03/26/2007

Integrity in Science Watch

2007-03-20

Week of 03/20/2007