Controversial NIH Study of "Moderate Drinking" Will Be Terminated After Scathing Report
The drinking study had raised concerns because NIH officials had solicited funding for the $100 million project from liquor companies, with the money funneled through the private NIH Foundation.
NIH Rejected Study of Alcohol Advertising While Pursuing Industry Funding
"This will NOT happen again," an NIH official promised an alcohol industry lobbyist in an email, referring to a study linking marketing to underage drinking.
Winner of DARPA Robot Competition Partners with Weapons Company, AI Researchers Call For Boycott
Top researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have called for a boycott of the South Korean university KAIST after it opened a lab with the defense firm Hanwha Systems.
Nature Journals Tighten Rules on Non-Financial Conflicts
What makes a conflict of interest (COI) in science? Definitions differ, but broadly agree on one thing: an influence that can cloud a researcher’s objectivity. Nature and the other Nature Research journals are taking into account some of these non-financial sources of possible tension and conflict.
Philip Morris Funded Anti-Smoking Foundation Targeting Public Health Leaders With Grants
Leaked emails reveal that the foundation is actively making offers of grants to officials at the WHO as well as people in India and abroad without explicitly revealing its single source of funding – Philip Morris International.
Golden OA creates a conflict of interest: in a situation where the number of scientists is larger than the number of available positions, both journals and scientists benefit from publishing as many articles as possible.
Financial Ties of Medical Journal Editors Should Be Disclosed
Approximately half of the editors of 52 prestigious U.S. medical journals received payments from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry in 2014.
A Massive Health Study on Booze, Brought to You By Big Alcohol
One of the biggest and best studies of alcohol's effects on health is underway. But funding from the alcohol industry is already undercutting its results.
People Don't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved
Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn't really help.
Under Fire, National Academies Toughen Conflict-of-Interest Policies
Critics of two reports by the academies have cited potential disclosure problems among study panelists. Now, an official says, the idea of a policy review "has just gained more and more traction."
