Dr. Anthony Fauci and hundreds of National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have received undisclosed royalty payments totaling $350 million from pharmaceutical and other companies, according to the interim head of the agency. Dr. Lawrence Tabak, who took over as NIH Director when the agency’s long-time head, Dr. Francis Collins, resigned in December 2021, told a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee that royalty payments are legal, but they don’t appear to be ethical. “Right now, I think the NIH has a credibility problem, and this further feeds into that, and I’m only learning about this,” Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) told Tabak. People in my district say things like, “Well, so-and-so has a financial interest, or they don’t like Ivermectin because they don’t get a royalty…” “You may have very good scientific grounds for advocating a treatment or not, but the concept … Continue reading NIH ‘Conflict Of Interest’ Identified By Acting NIH Director Via “Royalty Payments”.