COI in the News
 

• In an AAMC research commentary, AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, MD, warns that failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest harms patients and the medical profession, and calls for full disclosure of industry relationships.
   

• ​Ornstein, Charles and Thomas, Katie "Their Industry Ties in Medical Journal Studies. And Journals Are Doing Little to Enforce Their Rules" ProPublica and The New York Times, December 8, 2018

• Recht, Ben, Forsyth, David A. and Efros, Alexei "You Cannot Serve Two Masters: The Harms of Dual Affiliation" Blog August 9, 2018

• Ornstein, Charles and Thomas, Katie "Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals." New York Times, September 8, 2018

• Karlin-Smith, Sarah and Ehley, Brianna, "Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts." Politico, January 30, 2018

• Ellis, Blake and Hicken, Melanie, "Drugmaker paid doctors with problem records to promote its pill." CNN, December 4, 2017

• Ellis, Blake and Hicken, Melanie, "Drugmaker's ties to nonprofits pose 'conflict of interest'." CNN, November 3, 2017

• Fleming, Braden C, "Conflicted" The American Journal of Sports Medicine, June 30, 2017

• Asimov, Nanette, “UCSF Medical Center CEO profits from firms doing business with hospital.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2016 

• Sah, Sunita, “The Paradox of Disclosure.” The New York Times, Sunday Review, July 8, 2016

• Johnson, Carolyn Y., “A new model for training scientists could create a conflict of interest.” The Washington Post, March 19, 2016 

• Skibba, Ramin, “California’s struggle over the chemical BPA continues.” The Mercury News, July 2, 2016 

• Evans, Gary, “Maryland reviews research policies after paid PI reports no COI.” AHC Media: Continuing Medical Education Publishing, 2016-04-18 

• Hadland, SE, Krieger, MS, Marshall, BDL. Industry Payments to Physicians for Opioid Products. American Journal for Public Health. 2017; 107(9):2013-2015.

Federal Regulations & Policies

• Federal COI Regulations/Federal Register Final Rule (August 25, 2011): 42 C.F.R. 50 Subpart F

• NSF AAG Chapter IV.A contains NSF’s policy on conflict of interest: Grantee Standard IV

• Physician Payment Sunshine Act & Open Payments Website

  • Open Payments on CMS.gov: https://www.cms.gov/openpayments/

  • “Physician Payment Sunshine Act 2009 Introduced”, Policy & Medicine, Jan 22, 2009

• DHHS has directed the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to examine NIH's oversight of its grantees' compliance with NIH policies, including oversight and monitoring of the financial conflicts of interest reported by grantee institutions.

Books, Articles, Websites, and other Media

• ORI: Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research in Humans – COI 

• Research studies suggest that relationships with industry, gifts from industry, and financial interests affect behavior 

• Carrick-Hagenbarth, J., Epstein, G.A., “Dangerous interconnectedness: economists’ conflict of interest, ideology and financial crisis.” Cambridge Journal of Economics 2012, 36, 43-63. 

• Greenberg, Daniel S. (2007) “Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism.” The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London.

• COI Case Studies
            Dr. David Heimbach & Citizens for Fire Safety
            Bruce and Jill Maxey & the University of Illinois 
            Dr. Pearson Sunderland