Epoch Times: Top People at NIH Getting Big Bucks From Secret Royalty Checks, Probe Reveals 62_Epoch_Times_NIH

June 10, 2022 12:58 PM

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By Mark Tapscott

Recipients of secret royalty payments who hold key roles at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) have been revealed by nonprofit government watchdog Open the Books.

Through the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Open the Books has discovered that payments totaling more than $134 million were paid to more than 1,600 NIH executives, scientists, and researchers by outside firms, thought to be primarily from the pharmaceutical industry, between 2010 and 2014.

 

 

Based on the numbers for that period, OTB projects that about $350 million in such royalty payments were made by outside payers to NIH employees between 2010 and 2020.

One recipient is NIH distinguished investigator Dr. Ira Pastan.

Read the full article at EpochTimes.com.

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