‘Americans Deserve to Know’: Senators Demand NIH Reveal How Much Money Employees Received in Royalty Payments

Five U.S. Senators this week asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to disclose details about royalty payments made to NIH employees by third parties, including pharmaceutical companies, in a letter stating Americans deserve full transparency.

Five U.S. Senators this week asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to disclose details about royalty payments made to NIH employees by third parties, including pharmaceutical companies, in a letter stating Americans deserve full transparency.

In a letter to Lawrence Tabak, acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the senators asked Tabak to disclose the amounts of royalty payments, who made the payments and the products or innovations for which the employees were paid. …