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Adam Andrzejewski Founder of Open the Books Discussing the top Royalty Receiver At The National Institutes Of Health (NIH) 5:08PM Monday, June 13, 2022 on KWRO

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The Adam Andrzejewski Interview June 13, 2022

Case Study: Who Is The #1 Recipient Of Third-Party Royalty Payments At NIH?

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Dr. Gallo left NIH in 1995. However, between 2010 and 2016, he ranked #1 of 1,805 scientists in the number of royalty payments collected.

Over 1,800 current and former scientists received up to $400 million from third-party paid royalties between 2010 and 2020 (think: pharmaceutical companies) for inventions developed while working for the National Institute of Health (NIH).

The royalty payment complex at NIH hasn’t had sunshine since 2005. This year, though, NIH was forced to produce these summary numbers under judicially mandated production after our organization filed a federal lawsuit in October 2021. 

So far, we’ve received 1,500 pages of the 3,000 pages resulting in 27,244 line-by-line royalty payments for $197 million in payments. Therefore, we can accurately estimate the size and scope of the NIH royalty payment program during the last decade.

Within 36-hours of our breaking investigation, during the NIH appropriations budget hearing in May 2022, current NIH acting director Lawrence Tabak admitted royalty payments have the “appearance of a conflict of interest.”

The royalty payments are legal, so why is NIH acting like they are a state secret (they are not!)?

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About

Adam Andrzejewski (say: Angie-eff-ski) is the CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com. Before dedicating his life to public service, Adam co-founded HomePages Directories, a $20 million publishing company (1997-2007). His works have been featured on the BBC, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, C-SPAN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, FOX News, CNN, National Public Radio (NPR), Forbes, and many other national media.

Today, OpenTheBooks.com is the largest private repository of U.S. public-sector spending. Mission: post "every dime, online, in real time." In 2021, OpenTheBooks.com captured $12 trillion government expenditures, including nearly all disclosed federal government spending; 49 of 50 state checkbooks; and 25 million public employee salary and pension records from 50,000 public bodies across America.

The group's aggressive transparency and forensic auditing of government spending has led to the assembly of grand juries, indictments, and successful prosecutions; congressional briefings, hearings, and subpoenas; Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits; Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports; federal legislation; and much more.

Our Honorary Chairman - In Memoriam is U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, MD.

Andrzejewski's federal oversight work was included in the President's Budget To Congress FY2021. The budget cited his organization by name, bullet-pointed their findings, and footnoted/hyperlinked to their report.

Posted on YouTube, Andrzejewski's presentation, The Depth of the Swamp, at the Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar 2020 in Naples, Florida received 3+ million views.

Andrzejewski has spoken at the Columbia School of Journalism, Harvard Law School and the law schools at Georgetown and George Washington regarding big data journalism. As a senior policy contributor at Forbes, Adam had nearly 17 million pageviews on 206 published investigations. In 2022, investigative fact-finding on Dr. Fauci's finances led to his cancellation at Forbes.

Andrzejewski lives in Hinsdale, Illinois with his wife Kerry and three daughters. He is a lector at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church and has finished the Chicago Marathon seven times (PR 4:00.40 in 2021).

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