Researcher Charged With Conflict - Forbes.com

Researcher Charged With Conflict - Forbes.com: "In a rare federal prosecution, a leading government Alzheimer's researcher was charged Monday with a criminal conflict of interest for performing lucrative private drug company work that overlapped his official duties.

Prosecutors alleged Dr. Trey Sunderland of the National Institutes of Health received $285,000 in improper consulting fees and travel expenses from Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), Inc., for work on early indicators of Alzheimer's at the same time he also oversaw similar NIH business with the drugmaker."