RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:To put forward suggestions for the legal regulation on the financial conflict of interest of researchers in drug clinical trials.METHODS:The definition and harm of the financial conflict of interest of the researchers in clinical trials were analyzed,and the legal measures of FDA on regulating and controlling the financial conflict of interest of the researchers were evaluated.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:The Chinese legislature should draw useful legal experiences from USA to establish suitable legal measures to regulate and control the financial conflict of interest of researchers in clinical trials,clarify the definition of the financial interest of researchers,require the applicant for clinical trial to disclose his financial interest and the applicants for drug registration to submit the statement about the financial conflict of interest of researchers to the drug administration department.