Scientist charged in ethics case - baltimoresun.com
Scientist charged in ethics case - baltimoresun.com: "A senior government scientist working in Alzheimer's disease research was charged by federal prosecutors yesterday with accepting $285,000 in consulting fees and travel expenses from the world's largest drug manufacturer without proper approval from his bosses.
The criminal case emerged as a rare example of a top leader in the sciences being accused of breaking the law over a breach of professional ethics.
Leaders at the National Institutes of Health and their overseers in Congress have described the private financial arrangements between drug companies and publicly employed scientists as the worst scandal in the history of the agency.
Pearson 'Trey' Sunderland III, chief of the geriatric psychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the NIH, was charged yesterday with conflict of interest. He is accused of accepting payments from Pfizer Inc. without authorization from his superiors and ethics watchdogs. The misdemeanor charge was filed by criminal /.../"
The criminal case emerged as a rare example of a top leader in the sciences being accused of breaking the law over a breach of professional ethics.
Leaders at the National Institutes of Health and their overseers in Congress have described the private financial arrangements between drug companies and publicly employed scientists as the worst scandal in the history of the agency.
Pearson 'Trey' Sunderland III, chief of the geriatric psychiatry branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the NIH, was charged yesterday with conflict of interest. He is accused of accepting payments from Pfizer Inc. without authorization from his superiors and ethics watchdogs. The misdemeanor charge was filed by criminal /.../"
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