Conflict of Interest: An Ethical Firestorm with Consequences for Cancer Research

The legal and ethical issues surrounding financial conflict of interest in orthopaedic research.

Conflict of interest in biomedical research.

Conflict of interest in human subjects research.

Policy: The NJIT Institutional Review Board (IRB) is committed to assuring that researchers fulfill the public’s trust in the research enterprise by putting the welfare of research participants ahead of the interests of the institution or of the researcher’s personal financial interests. Financial interests are not prohibited, and not all financial interests cause conflicts of interest or affec...

Conflict of interest in clinical research

In clinical research there is a real possibility to have some conflict of interests. Even for the researcher, the identification of these conflicts cannot be clear. There are many aspects to be considered, involving all participants of the process: the research subject, the researcher, the institution where the research is carried through, the sponsor, the ethics committees, the regulating agen...

[Conflict of interest in scientific research].

This article examines conflicts of interest in the context of scientific research related to regulation or litigation. The article defines conflicts of interest, considers how conflicts of interest can impact research, and discusses different strategies for dealing with conflicts of interest. While it is not realistic to expect that scientific research related to regulation or litigation will e...