Integrity in Science Watch

NASA's James Hansen to Deliver Keynote at CSPI Conference on Rejuvenating Public-Sector Science

2008-06-25

WASHINGTON�James Hansen, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) will deliver keynote addresses at an upcoming conference on rejuvenating public-sector science, sponsored by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. The title for Hansen's address will be Threat to the Planet: The Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming. Miller will speak on Preserving Scientific Integrity: The Role of Congressional Oversight.

Despite Official Spin, Report Shows FDA Can Easily Find Experts Without Conflicts of Interest

2007-12-03

Science Groups Urge Agency to Adopt Restrictions on Conflicted Experts
Two weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration claimed a new report prepared by the Eastern Research Group (ERG) showed it would be difficult to create advisory committees free from conflicts of interest and that advisers granted conflict-of-interest waivers have greater expertise than those without conflicts of interest. However, an independent analysis of the data in the study shows just the opposite, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who, with other prominent science and consumer groups, is today urging the FDA to adopt the conflict-of-interest guidelines the agency published last March. Those guidelines would ban anyone with greater than $50,000 a year in financial ties to industry from advisory committees and deny a vote to anyone with lesser conflicts.

FDA Reform Bill Passes House & Senate

2007-09-21

Statement of CSPI Integrity in Science Director Merrill Goozner

Physicians Urge Kennedy, Dodd to Support Curb on Financial Conflicts of Interest on FDA Advisory Committees

2007-09-12

Integrity in Science Watch

2007-03-26

Week of 03/26/2007

Integrity in Science Watch

2007-03-20

Week of 03/20/2007