by Ted Agres
NEWS ANALYSIS	NIH revises conflict rules Email: Ted Agres - tedagres@lycos.com News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040112-01 Published   12 January 2004

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week (January 5) finalized changes to financial conflict of interest regulations for outside experts participating in peer review of research grants and research and development contracts. The revisions raise the financial threshold for such conflicts from $5000 to $10,000 per year and attempt to clarify distinctions between “real” and “apparent” conflicts.

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