Category: British Medical Journal

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Publicly reprimanded

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) is the self-regulatory body which administers the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry: PMCPA … Continue reading Publicly reprimanded

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Broken beyond repair

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 Broken beyond repair

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Tackling the excesses of pharmaceutical marketing and promotion

Published 21 May 2024 BMJ 2024;385:e076797 Ravi Gupta, assistant professor of medicine Reshma Ramachandran, assistant professor of medicine Joseph S Ross, professor of medicine and health policy Ravi Gupta and … Continue reading Tackling the excesses of pharmaceutical marketing and promotion

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Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz

This BMJ Talk Medicine podcast can be listened to here. It was published on 28 March 2023. In this podcast Dr Mark Horowitz gives clear and practical advice. Given the … Continue reading Antidepressant withdrawal with Tony Kendrick and Mark Horowitz

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Multiple adverse outcomes

This Research was published in the BMJ on the 17 April 2024 and has been made open access. The paper begins with this summary box: A decade has passed since … Continue reading Multiple adverse outcomes