Published 1 June 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2199
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2199
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US Congress introduces bill to end free access to federally funded research
Jeanne Lenzer
1 New York
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A bill has been introduced in the US Congress that would end free access to the results of published studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The HR 801 bill, entitled the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, would, if passed, overturn a public access bill that was passed in October 2007 (BMJ 2007;335:906, doi:10.1136/bmj.39384.638241.DB). This requires researchers to deposit the results of studies with the National Library of Medicine for publication in PubMed Central within a year of publication in a peer reviewed journal. The current law only affects research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
The 2007 public access bill was supported by 26 Nobel prize winners, who signed a letter to Congress. Advocates of the bill said that patients and doctors would benefit from being able to access research findings in the PubMed database.
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