Politico April 4, 2025
DISRUPTORS
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya promised during his confirmation hearing to win back public trust in science. This week — his first on the job — he hinted at one approach he might take to do so.
On the podcast “Honestly with Bari Weiss,” Bhattacharya pointed to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks lobbying and money in politics and publishes a searchable database of doctors who take money from pharmaceutical companies.
There should be an OpenSecrets database of scientists who take pharma money, he told Weiss.
“You should be able to go look up the conflicts of interest of scientists just like you can go and look up the conflicts of interest of doctors,” Bhattacharya said. Taking that...
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