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WHO R&D Financing Committee Approved With Swiss Expert As Both Suspect and Jury

By Intellectual Property Watch

World Health Organization members yesterday struck a compromise allowing a Swiss industry representative to sit on a committee selecting proposals for research and developing financing for neglected diseases, disregarding the fact that he is author of one of the proposals. Special safeguards were added to prevent undue influence, but questions remain for some about a conflict of interest.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on January 22, 2011 (boomark / email).