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Burgess Not Changing Conflict Of Interest Thinking Despite Flap Over Oral Contraceptive AC

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Sponsor of bill that would adjust conflict of interest rules says requiring public release of financial disclosure documents, as one group suggested, may not require a legislative fix.

Newly identified problems with the apparent conflicts of interest of FDA advisory committee members have not dissuaded the sponsor of legislation that would reform the rules.

However, the negative publicity may give more ammunition to advocacy groups pushing the agency to resist any loosening of the...

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