The head of an independent committee probing the World Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak says his group wants to see confidential exchanges between the U.N. body and industry on the issue.
Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, says the documents include contracts or "letters of understanding" between WHO and pharmaceutical companies.
WHO convened the 29-member expert group last month following criticism of its handing of the flu outbreak.
Fineberg told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday that he has been assured the group's final report will be public when it is finished next year.
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