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Jun 11, 2009

Researchers should report all financial interests related to their work to their institution and NIH should lower institutions' disclosure threshold for researchers' external financial interests to $5,000 from $10,000, suggest the Association of American Universities and the Association of American Medical Colleges. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education the two groups sent a joint letter to NIH yesterday outlining ways to increase oversight of conflicts of interest. The 12-page letter is available as a pdf at the AAU website.

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