Drug Expert Seeks Whistleblower Status (NIH and AIDS meds)

WASHINGTON - The expert hired by the National Institutes of Health (news - web sites) last year to improve its research practices after problems in an AIDS (news - web sites) drug study surfaced is seeking whistleblower protection after disagreements with management have left him on the verge of being fired.



Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, a 10-year expert on safe drug research practices in the private sector before joining NIH in summer 2003, has met with congressional investigators and provided extensive information about problems in NIH research.


NIH officials declined to discuss Fishbein, citing personnel privacy, except to say the move to fire him is based on his performance.


Fishbein, who is represented by the National Whistleblower Center, was told earlier this year he is being fired before he completes his two-year employment probation after a series of disputes with NIH managers over safety concerns in various AIDS research projects, according to his lawyer.

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Anyone keeping a tally of how many are seeking Whistleblower status??