U.S. EX REL. CANTEKIN v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

No. 98-3552.

192 F.3d 402 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Erdem I. CANTEKIN, an individual v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation; Charles D. Bluestone, an individual; United States of America, ex rel. Erdem I. Cant ekin, Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Potter, Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, Pittsburgh, PA; Edward T. Dangel, III (Argued), Dangel & Fine, Boston, MA, for Appellant.

Hunter A. McGeary, Jr., David B. Fawcett, Jr., Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation.

Martha H. Munsch (Argued), Jack B. Cobetto, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees Charles D. Bluestone, an individual and University of Pittsburgh, a nonprofit Pennsylvania corporation.

Before: NYGAARD, STAPLETON and COWEN, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a medical researcher's failure to disclose his industry funding on a number of grant applications that he submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The undisclosed funding included several million dollars from pharmaceutical companies making the drugs that the NIH paid the researcher to evaluate.

On this appeal we must determine when a private party can properly bring a suit...

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