The watchdog group Open The Books estimates that scientists at the NIH, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Director Francis Collins, received a total of $350 million in these kickback-style payments for their work on various experimental treatments over a 10-year period.
In 2005, following an Associated Press investigation, the NIH expressed concern over the royalty payments being a potential conflict of interest.
Even Dr. Fauci “said that he felt it was inappropriate to receive payment and donated the entire amount to charity,” according to the NIH.
The personal royalties are legal, but there is an apparent lack of transparency around them. It wasn’t until after the AP investigation in 2005 that the NIH created a policy to disclose the payments.
A watchdog investigation found that scientists at the National Institutes of Health received royalty payments from third-party payers, such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, totaling roughly $134 million between 2009 and 2014. The watchdog groupOpen The Booksestimates that scientists at the NIH...
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Its the first time since 2005 that the NIH royalty payments receive oversight.
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An estimated $350 million in undisclosed royalties were paid to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and hundreds of its scientists, including the
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