And... we have a breakdown of the compromise amendments here: including orphan drugs, launch mechanism, transferable exclusivity voucher and HERA in the ECDC (!?)
https://pro.politico.eu/news/177100
SURVEY: Sharing and accessing individual patient data from clinical trials
-> awareness
-> real-world impact
https://www.transparimed.org/single-post/survey-ipd-clinical-trials #clinicaltrials #opendata
Poor use of AI application in health systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40EfNbiBPNk @HAImedicines
How we used to give lectures. Slides in a filing cabinet holder. I have 100s of them, soon to be binned. These are about nonlinear curve fitting.
No position on this but it is definitely worth a read
@senseaboutsci @hildabast @onthinktanks
“Essentially, the FDA said, ‘You can’t trust any of this.’ But the company used the results”
-> Footnote: far too few academics file #FOIA requests
https://www.science.org/content/article/damning-fda-inspection-report-undermines-positive-trial-results-possible-alzheimer-s @cpiller @Strech_Da
Exciting News! The iRISE Consortium is launching a pioneering intervention study to enhance research reproducibility through computational methods, led by Gustav Nilsonne. Stay tuned for updates as we team up with top academic journals to execute our protocol.
Today, the UKRN’s OR4 project releases a new report that describes the UK landscape of responsible researcher assessment, with a particular focus on open research. Led by Robert Darby from the University of Reading. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/z52cn
And here it is, the $SAVA mess @CassavaSciences
https://www.science.org/content/article/damning-fda-inspection-report-undermines-positive-trial-results-possible-alzheimer-s
Is extending life by weeks worth the toll some cancer drugs take? Doctors push for 'common-sense oncology'
@VPrasadMDMPH https://flip.it/-jXHPq
Nice simple blog on basic #Statistics
https://www.sensible-med.com/p/doing-statistics-can-be-difficult @Students4BE
Nominations are open for the 2024 #MaddoxPrize for standing up for science.
Nominate someone who has who spoken out for sound science and evidence, and made change happen in public discourse, opinion or policy: https://www.nature.com/immersive/maddoxprize/index.html @SpringerNature https://x.com/senseaboutsci/status/1767115747749212470/photo/1
In case you didn't see it yet: I'm hiring a postdoc to work on improving reproducibility in research. Application deadline March 20:
https://ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:697783/
Meanwhile, inside the box, Schrödinger's cat plans its revenge.
If you missed an excellent talk by Adriane Fugh-Berman @Pharmed_Out on how Industry invents diseases, watch here https://youtu.be/hRNK-BMX7s8?si=SUo-bhhGXTtC1uk9 @woodymatters @susan_bewley @drkevinknopf @PatientStormDoc @KFFHealthNews @HealthSenseUK @mgtmccartney @riotscienceclub
"Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people," writes Kelsey Piper at Vox.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24086809/fake-cancer-research-data-scientific-fraud
Came and do your doctorate with us at @BennettOxford working with @OpenSAFELY @FDAAAtracker @openprescribing on epidemiology, data science, privacy engineering, research software engineering, data for quality improvement, data management, and the rest!
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2024/02/can-i-do-a-doctorate-at-the-bennett-institute/
Canadians need to know how much money Big Pharma gives health-care providers, but this information is far too difficult to find
https://theconversation.com/canadians-need-to-know-how-much-money-big-pharma-gives-health-care-providers-but-this-information-is-far-too-difficult-to-find-225066 @MeshCampaign @Mezis_eV @uaem
Academia is:
5% research
5% teaching
20% meetings
20% EMAILS!
5% Reformatting manuscripts
5% Requesting password reminders
10% filling in forms
5% looking for forms/guidance 'on sharepoint'
5% using Google to find forms/guidance on your uni website
20% moaning about academia
I see that completing my #researchfish submission requires me to agree that Elsevier can send me targeted advertisements, can invite me to submit or review manuscripts. Who on earth at @UKRI_News agreed to that?