FDA Conflict Of Interest Policies Will Be Reviewed By House Committee
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The House Energy & Commerce Committee will review FDA's conflict-of-interest procedures as part of an expanding probe that initially focused on NIH employee consulting arrangements
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