Evidence has repeatedly demonstrated that when marketing is conflated with medical education the consequences can not just be harmful but also undermine the scientific pursuit of objectivity.

BAP Summer Meeting 2024: Guest Lecture

This Wednesday, Professor John Krystal, Yale University, has been invited by BAP to give this talk:  ‘Linking depression pathophysiology to the mechanism of action of ketamine and “next generation” treatments’ … Continue reading BAP Summer Meeting 2024: Guest Lecture

BAP Summer Meeting: “50 years of hurt?”

This CME session for BAP takes place on Monday. The session is chaired by Dr Sameer Jauhar: BAP provides this summary of the session: Several contributors to this BAP session … Continue reading BAP Summer Meeting: “50 years of hurt?”

BAP: Advancing psychopharmacology

This is one of tomorrow’s educational sessions at the BAP Summer Meeting: BAP provide this summary for tomorrows CME meeting: Contributing to this CME meeting: Professor Guy Goodwin is a … Continue reading BAP: Advancing psychopharmacology

Comments on the REDUCE Trial

The REDUCE Trial is open access and can be read here. The following comments have been published on the associated JAMA web-page and are shared below: I have submitted the … Continue reading Comments on the REDUCE Trial

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

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