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Many IRB members have financial relationships with companies

More than one-third of the members of Institutional Review Boards at academic medical centers have financial relationships with commercial firms. While most of those responding to a survey did not believe that industry relationships have compromised the review process, a few reported that they had participated in discussions or voted on studies despite having industry relationships that could be conflicts of interest.

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