United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-787R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R P0b002ee18037b82d f:d01787r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R GAO-01-787R Diseases Federal funds Correspondence A01242

Some Lyme disease patients and some of their organizations are concerned that federal agencies and advisors involved in decisions regarding the funding of Lyme Disease research and the approval of products related to Lyme disease may have financial interests that may affect, the recommendations from Centers for Disease Control (CDC), funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH), and approval from Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This report reviews (1) the financial interests that CDC, NIH, and FDA employees and members of advisory committees working on Lyme disease have reported and (2) how these agencies addressed any potential conflicts of interest identified in those reports. GAO found that CDC, NIH, and FDA have generally met the requirements for disclosure and review of financial interests related to Lyme disease. Employees and Special Government Employees (SGE's) working on Lyme disease-related activities have reported financial holdings in, and arrangements with, health sector firms, travel paid for by health sector firms, and patents related to Lyme disease. Program officials and agency officials reviewed the interests of the employees and determined that they did not present conflicts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R.pdf GAO-01-787R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-787R Correspondence GAO-01-787R; Federal Agencies Generally Meet Requirements for Disclosure and Review of Financial Interests Related to Lyme Disease; Diseases Federal funds Title 15 Section 3710c 15 U.S.C. 3710c Title 18 Section 208 18 U.S.C. 208 Title 31 Section 1353 31 U.S.C. 1353 Public Law 92-463 Public Law 95-521