Associations between pharmaceutical industry interactions with physicians and chronic nonmalignant pain management prescribing practices: a systematic review link.springer.com/article/10.1... Mohammed Gharbia, Lydia Iladiva, @frankmoriarty.bsky.social, Tom Fahey & @jameslarkin13.bsky.social

Associations between pharmaceutical industry interactions with physicians and chronic nonmalignant pain management prescribing practices: a systematic review - Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocati...

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation - Chronic nonmalignant pain (CNMP) is commonly treated with opioids and other analgesics, yet prescribing carries risks and substantial costs. Promotional...

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Our current systems for research assessment are narrow and flawed - @ginnybarbour.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #AIMOS2025

A key strategy of commercial actors is to influence and distort the evidence base relating to the harms of their products This is done through funding misleading industry-friendly science & through the active promotion of misinformation @markpetticrew.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #AIMOS2025

"I'm not influenced." "My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not." "I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.” Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference @aimosinc.bsky.social

Misinformation about health is flooding social media, exposing the limits of current regulations and interventions. In this scoping review, we highlight key challenges and gaps in the current landscape: ebm.bmj.com/content/earl... @brookenickel.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @ucph.bsky.social

Addressing misleading medical information on social media: a scoping review of current interventions

Background Misleading information about medical products on social media may cause overuse. Objectives Explore interventions targeting the problem of misleading medical information and marketing on s...

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sign up sign up come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...

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VERY EXCITING launch of the CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE AND VALUES IN HEALTHCARE at the Uni of St Andrews first event 31st October with Sir David Haslam and Scotland's new patient safety commissioner Karen Titchener find out more here medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi... please sign up and come

🚨Publication🚨 Grateful to be part of this publication with @mgtmccartney.bsky.social and colleagues Take home: lots of hormone replace therapy social media claims don't align with best practice recommendations. And lots of the posters have conflicts of interest. Full study: tinyurl.com/2rxpfwnr

Less inequality = fewer problems @profkepickett.bsky.social lays our her vision for a good society at #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

Research by alcohol industry funded organisations like DrinkAware often distorts health evidence In that context, Alice Thompson presents on alcohol industry funded research on drink spiking #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social

There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza. Israeli forces have ordered thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate as the military prepares another major assault. States should act to prevent genocide in Gaza and press Israel to reverse course.

Do unhealthy commodity advertising restrictions affect energy consumption, have unintended effects and are there loopholes? Great presentation by @frankdv.bsky.social discussing his evaluation of the Bristol unhealthy commodity advertising restrictions #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

“Advertising is one of most effective ways of promoting harmful commodity use” Excellent presentation by @michaelpdaly.bsky.social on what policy restrictions local authorities place on harmful commodity advertising, & what factors impede or facilitate these policies #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

Pharmaceutical payments to general practices rose from £2.5 mill in 2015 to £7.5 mill in 2022. 54 companies made payments, but one company, Chiesi—marketing respiratory inhalers—accounted for >50% of payments since 2017 The payment growth and the dominance of one company raise concerns about bias

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Pharmaceutical company promotional payments to English general practices: longitudinal study Shai Mulinari, Minahil Malik, @jameslarkin13.bsky.social, Mostafa Elsharkawy, Tom Fahey, @frankmoriarty.bsky.social, Piotr Ozieranski bjgpopen.org/content/earl... #COI #CDoH #Pharma

"Patient Partnership Week has been sponsored by Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca & Novartis" www.patients-association.org.uk/news/patient... Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement ➡️ academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

Patient Partnership Week 2025

We’ve launched Patient Partnership Week 2025! Find out more and book to attend our free webinars.

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Yesterday the Dáil debated legislation to legally mandate public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical & medical device company payments to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations. It was refreshing to hear insightful contributions from government and opposition TDs thread: 1/4

Great to speak alongside Kath Sansom & Kieran Harkin in the Oireachtas audiovisual room, outlining the need for sunshine legislation: legally mandated public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical and medical device company payments to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations.

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the New Foundations Scheme. The scheme supports eligible researchers who intend to pursue research, networking or dissemination activities within and across the diversity of disciplines. Go to: researchireland.ie/funding/new-foundations/

On Saturday, the Irish Times published a piece I wrote asking whether Novo Nordisk should be funding children’s playgrounds. We need to ask if there are hidden costs to Novo Nordisk funding parts of our education and health systems, costs that may not be worth paying for. shorturl.at/erwpH

Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

In 2023, Novo Nordisk was suspended by its own industry body in the UK for two years over its sponsorship of weight management courses for health professionals

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On Saturday, the Irish Times published a piece I wrote asking whether Novo Nordisk should be funding children’s playgrounds. We need to ask if there are hidden costs to Novo Nordisk funding parts of our education and health systems, costs that may not be worth paying for. shorturl.at/erwpH

Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

In 2023, Novo Nordisk was suspended by its own industry body in the UK for two years over its sponsorship of weight management courses for health professionals

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Publication: We modelled the impact of post-2016 changes to prescription medicine co-payment charges and cost caps on out-of-pocket prescription expenditure Mean annual expenditure for medical card holders reduced from €117 to €55. For the DPS-group, it reduced from €719 to €555 shorturl.at/l7OAh

Modelling the impact of changes to prescription medicine cost-sharing schemes among middle aged and older adults

To assess impacts of government changes to prescription medicine co-payments on individuals’ out-of-pocket expenditure.Participants were community-dwe…

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Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Liverpool to explore the mental health and environmental impacts of outdoor advertising, focusing on meat and dairy www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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$1000 per day for risdiplam from Roche for treatment of SMA.

Strange that a pharmaceutical industry funded children's poster about intellectual property doesn't mention intellectual property's role in millions of deaths in the COVID pandemic and HIV/AIDS epidemic It's more focused on how IP helps companies "grow and fund further research" ‪@abpi.bsky.social‬

Greyhound racing is a cruel industry where thousands of dogs are killed every year. It is an industry that only benefits the gambling companies and bookmakers. We are calling for a ban on cruel, unpopular Greyhound racing once and for all. #Speirgorm

Ban Greyhound Racing now

I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same?

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Grateful to have gotten @researchireland.ie funding to conduct a study with Alcohol Forum Ireland exploring corporate influences on public health alcohol policy. @paulaleonard.bsky.social

Research Ireland@researchireland.ie · last yr.

Research Ireland has announced funding for 59 projects under its New Foundations programme. These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/new-fou... #ResearchIreland

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them: www.thetimes.com/article/245f...

Private cataract clinics investigated while making millions from NHS

Health service bosses fear price inflation and unnecessary operations are costing the taxpayer. Now a fraud unit is getting involved

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Spot the difference 🔎 Left: A Guinness ad near an Irish primary school before a complaint. Right: After the complaint - now Guinness 0.0. A dangerous loophole lets alcohol brands dodge ad restrictions by promoting zero-alcohol products. It's time to close it. Found by @jameslarkin13.bsky.social

Pleased to play a part in this publication on Zero Alcohol in Ireland lnkd.in/eQgXv_pZ 0.0 alcohol is being used as a loophole to facilitate alcohol marketing near schools See images from my town Left: Guinness ad before I complained that it's within 200m of a school, Right: after I complained

🚨Publication We assessed the impact of multimorbidity on out-of-pocket prescription medicine expenditure for all adults in Denmark Even in Denmark, with large government subsidies, people with multimorbidity are vulnerable to high prescription medicine expenditure shorturl.at/caQDW

The association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for prescription medicines among adults in Denmark: A population-based register study

Multimorbidity, defined as two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is increasing in prevalence and is associated with polypharmacy. Polypharm…

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Proud to have supported this letter to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social The UK (& Ireland) need a conflict of interest disclosure system detailing the payments that pharmaceutical & medical device companies make to healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations and patient organisations