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Conflict Of Interest Rules Removed In Draft Of House User Fee Bill

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Reforms would end waiver caps for conflicts of interest, but whether they will solve the problems patient groups and others have with the advisory committee selection process is unclear. In a discussion draft, FDA could issue as many waivers of financial conflicts as it chose.

Restrictions on FDA’s recruitment of advisory committee members, including limits on the number of waivers it may issue, would be removed under draft user fee legislation circulating in the House.

A discussion draft from the Energy and Commerce Committee includes a provision that would eliminate caps placed on...

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