He said that for the first time
NIH has developed National Laboratory Policy, National Bio safety Policy, Case Definition Booklet and List of Priority Diseases while
NIH has also drafted Public Health Act, Integrated Vector Borne Control plan and Pandemic Preparedness Plan.
However, the
NIH stopped the construction work,' he said.
The
NIH, through its trans-NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine (
NIH CRM), the
NIH Clinical Center, and the newly established
NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics (NCTT), will foster these interactions.
The
NIH is considering new mechanisms of direct support of drug development efforts within the small business community, but no decision has been made public at this time.
In addition, we will continue to work together to monitor and improve the peer-review process for NIEHS applications across all
NIH study sections.
This is a shift in the policy spelled out by
NIH in February 2005 in the wake of a series of congressional hearings that exposed a number of potential conflicts of interest by
NIH scientists.
Scientists at the
NIH have discovered many things over the years, but evidently they haven't yet found a way to balance innovation and objectivity.
Physicians, scientists, and other specialists on the
NIH payroll will still be permitted to treat patients for fees, teach bona fide university courses, write textbooks, and receive pavement for activities related to continuing medical education.
Shortly after Zerhouni's announcement, the Office of Government Ethics, which had previously found no major problems with the
NIH's consulting policies, issued a report recommending that the
NIH prohibit all consulting with pharmaceutical companies.
"Although
NIH has not yet completed our review and analysis of individual consulting activities, we have identified vulnerabilities in our system that give us pause,"
NIH deputy director Raynard S.