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guess it's possible @scatatkins is making an undercover documentary about ppl sitting around on their own waiting for him to get to the pub

11h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Director of Dutch regulator agrees with me on #alltrials bit.ly/17gJPVB GOOD!!

12h

Sense About Science @senseaboutsci

Catch up on Gov inquiry into #Tamiflu. Watch @bengoldacre & @fgodlee give evidence today. bit.ly/13UJzVE #AllTrials

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13h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Kent Woods MHRA says they would welcome many eyes, says multiple regulators are an example of that. I think researchers and doctors good too

14h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

I have to say, the fact that MHRA occasionally catch falsification of trial data is competely irrelevant to endemic publication bias.

14h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

This was because of well documented discrepancies between brief published trial reports and full methods reported in CSRs #alltrials

14h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

The Cochrane reviewers on Tamiflu excluded trials where they felt they couldn't validate findings as too little info available without CSRs

14h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

We are not asking for IPD. We are asking for registration, methods and summary results. #alltrials

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Bizarre how asking for complete registration, access to results, consistently gets response "oh sharing IPD is very difficult" #alltrials

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

But in reality, we know that even CSRs are not accessible to researchers, doctors, payers.

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Kent Woods of MHRA is speaking to Public Accounts Cttee as if the only thing independent researchers can't get is Individual Patient Data.

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Richard Bacon MP chairing Public Accounts Committee is on prime form. Asking MHRA why we don't ask for everything on every drug. #alltrials

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Kent Woods of MHRA now mentions restraining order by InterMune and AbbVie. GOOD!! bit.ly/11U30zy

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Kent Woods tells Public Accounts Committee that EMA releases Clinical Study Reports, doesn't mention this now ceased bit.ly/1azjYUA

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Kent Woods says EMA has released 1.6 million pages since 2010. Doesn't mention that this has now stopped!! #alltrials

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Thanks! MT @TimHarford Randomise Me: how you can set up and run your own trial; latest wizardry from @bengoldacre dlvr.it/3X7MWk

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

MPs on Public Accounts Committee remind me and @fgodlee of how amazing and bizarre it is that trial results are routinely withheld from view

15h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

And I don't think the public know about it, and they might wish to.

17h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Again, I'm not saying this is evil, as I explain in #BadPharma. I just dont think it's optimal evidence dissemination.

17h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Here's a good one. "Educational event to launch Asenapine (Sycrest) Sponsored by Lundbeck CPD certified". bit.ly/16yKBJB

17h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Fun Pinterest, industry sponsored education invites via @PeterDLROW bit.ly/Ze2ptx No evil, not outrageous, just a window for public

17h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Off to discuss #alltrials + Tamiflu with Public Accounts Committee alongside @fgodlee from BMJ at 315 bit.ly/2RgHP

18h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Bizarre story of non investigation RT @FearLoathingBTX: Pay no attention to the bloody corpse in the bathroom bit.ly/148ZMHl

18h

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

I've no explanation for this elaborate folly but the mock up tapeworm experiment page is awesome RT @richard_littler: bit.ly/11RlbWv

16 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

This is why @drwollastonmp and the open list are such good things. Support them both. RT @Psythor: politics.co.uk/news/2013/06/1…

16 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

there's nothing necessarily wrong with taking money with industry, but being secretive about it when asked takes things to an odd place.

15 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

the increasingly panicked response to the group of junior doctors now doing FOI requests to hospitals etc for medics COI's are hilarious

15 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

god i wish Vice did science documentaries. their films have heart, wit, and they're not terrified of factual content.

15 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

this isnt "oh you're an expert you're different to the public", tv dil's. i know nothing about cat behaviour. i'd like to know something.

15 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

that Horizon cat behaviour documentary has no information in it at all. given up halfway. anyone know a good cat documentary on youtube?

15 Jun

BMJ @bmj_latest

@bengoldacre on bicycle helmets and the law. Goldacre appraises research, which found canadian legislation... fb.me/2rmb11QVH

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15 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Priming effect? "Does Seating Location Impact Voting Behavior on FDA Committees?" RT @FDALawyers: bit.ly/ZQgMTa

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

and this i know, his teeth as white as snow

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Great Science piece on RIAT project to restore missing trials #Alltrials news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider…

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

it's impossible not to love @SDenegri patient trials advocate, he's sitting six feet away, but he's my #ff

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Tho also, the answer they get could be scary.

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

I say that not to be mischievous, but really because it could cause an interesting discussion around confidentiality, identity, and genome.

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

If I were the Mail or Telegraph I would be asking if The Times had consent to publish Prince William's mtDNA haplo bit.ly/11kpvun

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Interesting argument. I think I agree. RT @JohnNor: #TheTimes essentially hacked Prince William & Harry's DNA bit.ly/11kpvun

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

lawks RT @edyong209: @bengoldacre Did you see that it's basically an ad? bit.ly/10hJi2u

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

It seems to me that we may one day find all kinds of things are associated with R30b. We shall see.

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

How much thought was given by Times and Palace about future implications of disclosing William's mtDNA haplotype? thetim.es/11knAWz

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

The amazing Health Research Authority have come out clearly to say: trials must be published #alltrials bit.ly/10nDQbJ

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

How do we restore missing or spun trials to the public record? RIAT is the ingenious answer. Must read. #alltrials bit.ly/12020FL

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

RT @nealcpatel: At @the_bmj #Alltrials meeting with @bengoldacre & @senseaboutsci Making good on @rpharms commitment bit.ly/XDhYEF

14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

#alltrials meeting today, hammering out the details, colleges, faculties, bigwigs etc. i'll not tweet as chatham house rules, but v good

14 Jun

Public Accounts Comm @CommonsPAC

Next week we have Tamiflu/ clinical trials on Monday (incl Ben Goldacre), Thameslink on Weds and also a report on jobcentres on Weds too.

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14 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

Nice expansion on our BMJ bike helmets editorial by @vaughanbell RT @StokesNeuro: mindhacks.com/2013/06/13/pro… bmj.com/content/346/bm…

13 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

What can we do to address thuggish and antisocial behaviour at the extremes of society? The birch? bbc.in/11Ks0sS

13 Jun

ben goldacre @bengoldacre

lol forgot those, get yours here bit.ly/13HCQyi RT @ursulafreeman: my little girl spreading the word! bit.ly/11c3bq3

13 Jun

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