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Rick Scott: “NIH receives royalty payments from certain pharmaceutical…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Fauci faces Bill Gates security clearance questions from Sen. Rick Scott

Published | Video Starts at 00:18

Dr. Fauci, did you personally receive any royalty payments connected to Covid related intellectual property? On the advice of counsel, I respectfully declined to answer based upon my rights under the fifth Amendment to the Given that NIH receives royalty payments from certain pharmaceutical companies. why would any American believe these financial ties did not influence decisions about which treatments were promoted or restricted? On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the fifth Amendment to the Constitution. (00:18–00:22)

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Asserts that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) receives royalty payments from pharmaceutical companies.

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