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Katz, Stephen I.
Former chief of the dermatology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
As of 2005 was director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (1995-present). (1)
Katz collected between $476,369 and $616,365 in company fees in the decade 1993-2002; Schering AG paid him at least $170,000. Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc. paid him more than $140,000 in consulting fees between 1997 through 2002; the company won $1,700,000 in grants from Katz's institute before going bankrupt in 2002. "Katz said that he had signed a recusal 'withdrawing myself from any interactions between Advanced Tissue Sciences and the government to remove any real or potential conflict of interest'... [and that responsibility for administering the grants to Advanced Tissue was delegated to one of his subordinates." (2)
Endnotes:
(1) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website at http://www.niams.nih.gov/an/mission/director.htm , accessed Jan 17, 2005
(2) Willman, David. Stealth Merger: Drug Companies and Government Medical Research. Los Angeles Times, Dec 7, 2003.
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