NIH chief: Researchers may have to disclose funding sources

National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins said Monday that new ethics rules governing biomedical researchers will be proposed next month.

In an interview taped for the cable television’s CSPAN "Newsmakers" show (Sunday at 10 a.m and 6 p.m. EDT), Collins says the "Proposed Rule" notice would require disclosure of financial connections between medical firms and NIH-funded scientists, and forbid "ghostwritten" studies, authored by drug firms but attributed to researchers.

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