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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would assume his approach will be less vaccines and NIH (FDA and CDC are much bigger fish to fry in that realm) and more a general overhaul in line with his thoughts on preventative health.

[b]Plus his concerns about conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical industry[/b].[/quote]

Looking forward to shining some light on this.  Our regulators should not be in bed with big business. [/quote]

Putting a single cancer or Alzheimer's drug on the market costs on average 2.5B over more than 10 years (for ONE medication). Only Big Pharma has those deep pockets.

You guys really need to educate yourselves before you shoot yourselves in the foot.

- research scientist.[/quote]

DP.  I don't understand your point.  I think many people have concerns about the revolving door (from federal oversight/regulation positions to Pharma jobs).  While those may not be NIH jobs per se, how does what you post pertain to minimizing conflict of interest, be it NIH, FDA, or CDC?[/quote]

I can only speak to NIH, but there are already very strict rules in place to minimize conflict of interest and a 'revolving door' at NIH. To the point, in fact, that it can be very hard to recruit mid-career and senior level folks to the intramural NIH program because those people would have to divest of any interests and ties to industry - something that we don't ask folks in the extramural NIH community to do (such as those in academia, who would not be subject to any RIFs by RFK).

This is probably different at the FDA, given what I've heard from colleagues over there.[/quote]

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