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The recipient of this letter shared it with a number of people, including me, who have an interest in the role of transparency in scientific integrity. It struck me as … Continue reading Imperial College London: a response from the Research Integrity Officer
This article by Helen McArdle featured in the Herald on the 9th September 2023. Professor David Nutt, a career-long paid opinion leader for the pharmaceutical industry, is quoted and presents … Continue reading “Psychedelic drugs could soon treat alcoholism”
A selection of some of the career highlights of Professor David Nutt: BAP Summer Meeting, 1999: BAP Summer Meeting, 2008: BAP Summer Meeting, 2010: BAP Summer Meeting, 2011: BAP Summer … Continue reading Professor David Nutt: “The race is on to get it to market”
Each summer the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has a Summer Meeting that provides accredited continuing medical education [CME] for psychiatrists and academics. It is hugely popular. A colleague of mine … Continue reading “BAPFEST”
A small group of influential British academic psychiatrists criticize others for failing to follow “the Rules of Science”. Science is more than a word. It starts with a world of … Continue reading “The RULES of SCIENCE”
BBC Panorama: Who’s paying your doctor? first aired 14 April 2014: Nearly a decade has passed since this BBC investigation was first aired. I am sharing it again as we … Continue reading Who’s paying your doctor
At the forthcoming 2023 Summer Meeting of the British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP] one of the ‘workshops’ for trainee doctors is titled ‘Public engagement – tips for best practice‘. Former … Continue reading Paid opinion leaders on public engagement
As published in the Lancet, July 2014: Four-out-of-five of the authors of this ‘correspondence’ are known to have repeatedly worked for the pharmaceutical industry and three-out-of-five are career-long paid opinion … Continue reading “Attacks on antidepressants”