Pfizer involved in NIH scandal
Executive Summary
A House Energy & Commerce Committee investigation finds that the National Institute for Mental Health Geriatric Psychiatry Branch Chief Trey Sunderland improperly shared spinal fluid and plasma samples with Pfizer. He received $285,000 for consulting work related to the samples. However, the committee finds "no evidence that Pfizer had any knowledge relating to the questionable conduct of Dr. Sunderland in connection with the [relevant Material Transfer Agreement] and the subsequent shipments of samples"...