Massive Conflicts of Interest at the NIH

The board of directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health is filled with Big Pharma names. Who are they?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• One of the primary vehicles for kickbacks and fraud seems to be foundations associated with federal agencies. The reason they’re so frequently used for questionable transactions is because foundations are private entities and not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests and other open records laws

• The board of directors of the Foun…