Financial Conflict-of-Interest Policies in Clinical Research

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...

Managing financial conflict of interest in biomedical research.

AS THE NATION’S BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AGENCY, THE National Institutes of Health (NIH) must ensure that the research it funds on the behalf of US tax­ payers is scientifically rigorous and free of bias. Over the course of more than 65 years and hundreds of thou­ sands of awards, most researchers receiving funds from NIH have proved to be trustworthy stewards. Still, more must be done to retain, an...

Institutional Conflict of Interest Policies at U.S. Academic Research Institutions.

PURPOSE Institutional conflicts of interest (ICOIs) occur when the institution or leaders with authority to act on behalf of the institution have conflicts of interest (COIs) that may threaten the objectivity, integrity, or trustworthiness of research because they could impact institutional decision making. The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze information about the ICOI policies ...

Financial Conflicts of Interest Checklist 2010 for clinical research studies

A conflict of interest is defined as "a set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as a patient's welfare or the validity of research) tends to be unduly influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain)" [Thompson DF. Understanding financial conflicts of interest. N Engl J Med 1993;329(8):573-576]. Because financial conflict of interest (fCOI...

Conflict of interest in biomedical research.