Fauci, Collins Shared In 'Secret' NIH 'Royalties' Totaling $350M
We estimate that between fiscal years 2010 and 2020, more than $350 million in royalties were
paid by third-parties to the agency and NIH scientists - who are credited as co-inventors.
Because those payments enrich the agency and its scientists, each and every royalty payment
could be a potential conflict of interest and needs disclosure.
Follow the Money : .[Spoiler (click to open)]
Last year, the National Institutes of Health - Anthony Fauci’s employer - doled out $30 billion in government grants to roughly 56,000 recipients. That largess of taxpayer money buys a lot of favor and clout within the scientific, research, and healthcare industries.
However, in our breaking investigation, we found hundreds of millions of dollars in payments also flow the other way. These are royalty payments from third-party payers (think pharmaceutical companies) back to the NIH and individual NIH scientists.
We found agency leadership and top scientists at NIH receiving royalty payments. Well-known scientists receiving payments during the period included:
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the highest-paid federal bureaucrat, received 23 royalty payments. (Fauci’s 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $456,028).
Francis Collins, NIH director from 2009-2021, received 14 payments. (Collins’ 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $203,500)
Clifford Lane, Fauci’s deputy at NIAID, received 8 payments. (Lane’s 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $325,287)
In the above examples, although we know the number of payments to each scientist, we still don’t know how much money was paid - because the dollar figure was deleted (redacted) from the disclosures. via
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paid by third-parties to the agency and NIH scientists - who are credited as co-inventors.
Because those payments enrich the agency and its scientists, each and every royalty payment
could be a potential conflict of interest and needs disclosure.
Follow the Money : .[Spoiler (click to open)]
Last year, the National Institutes of Health - Anthony Fauci’s employer - doled out $30 billion in government grants to roughly 56,000 recipients. That largess of taxpayer money buys a lot of favor and clout within the scientific, research, and healthcare industries.
However, in our breaking investigation, we found hundreds of millions of dollars in payments also flow the other way. These are royalty payments from third-party payers (think pharmaceutical companies) back to the NIH and individual NIH scientists.
We found agency leadership and top scientists at NIH receiving royalty payments. Well-known scientists receiving payments during the period included:
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the highest-paid federal bureaucrat, received 23 royalty payments. (Fauci’s 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $456,028).
Francis Collins, NIH director from 2009-2021, received 14 payments. (Collins’ 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $203,500)
Clifford Lane, Fauci’s deputy at NIAID, received 8 payments. (Lane’s 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $325,287)
In the above examples, although we know the number of payments to each scientist, we still don’t know how much money was paid - because the dollar figure was deleted (redacted) from the disclosures. via
dr. π (pi)
🛳 ⚓️
.