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The full editorial, which is open access, and includes all references, citations and links, can be read here. Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief of the BMJ, 24 October 2024: “In … Continue reading Transparency: BMJ Editor in Chief
This Special Report by Sophie Putka was published in MedPage Today, 10 October 2024: More than half of peer reviewers for four top medical journals received payments from drug and … Continue reading Peer Reviewers have Financial Conflicts, Too.
It was welcome to read this thoughtful and informed response by Professor Om Prakash. Alas, British psychiatry continues to be in denial about this issue, such that even the review … Continue reading Confronting the Pharmaceutical Shadow in Psychiatry
The above rapid response to the British Medical Journal was submitted by Dr Daniel J Chivers, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Sheffield. The next day, this response was submitted by Dr … Continue reading Drug industry sponsored teaching
The support of the BMJ Editor in Chief to address meaningfully financial conflicts of interest in medicine and science is most welcome. As an NHS doctor of 25 years I … Continue reading ‘The willingness among some within medicine and research to tackle conflicts of interest’
Fiona Godlee’s ‘final choice‘, after 17 years as the BMJ’s Editor-in-Chief, was to remind the healthcare and scientific community how important it is to speak truth to power. Fiona Godlee … Continue reading My final choice: speaking truth to power
I came across this newspaper report of the sudden death of Dr Gordon by chance. I had been looking for details in old newspapers about Moss Farm, Lecropt, and just … Continue reading ENDLESS Street
This article features in the latest BMJ. It has been made open access and is copied in full below. I campaigned for Scotland to introduce Sunshine legislation. I did so … Continue reading Academy of Royal Medical Colleges: 4 years on and where is the response to the Cumberlege Review?