{"id":32995,"date":"2013-02-03T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T14:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=32995"},"modified":"2013-02-03T10:02:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T15:02:50","slug":"another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/03\/another\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3170 [$268] drinks and debate&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharmatimes.com\/Events\/Head-to-Head.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">PharmaTimes head-to-head debate<br \/>      Whitehead vs Goldacre<\/a><br \/>    <strong><font color=\"#200020\">The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London  <\/font><\/strong><br \/>   26 February, 2013<br \/>    5.00pm onwards<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>Does pharma put profits ahead of patients?<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>Is the industry failing to live up to the legal and moral standards expected of it?<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>Or do its criticisers continue to push historical examples of malpractice and fail to recognise the good work pharma has done?<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>Corporate  governance and transparency are key to building trust in any industry,  yet author, doctor and academic Ben Goldacre suggests the sector is  trailing in both its moral and legal obligations.<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>This  unique head-to-head debate organised by PharmaTimes between Goldacre  and Stephen Whitehead, chief executive of the ABPI, will give both sides  the opportunity to put their points across in what will undoubtedly be a  lively and informative evening in a unique setting.<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>The  debate will also hear from guest panellists: confirmed so far are Sir  Iain Chalmers, a founder of the Cochrane Collaboration and editor of the  James Lind Library; Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of the BMJ;  Professor David Taylor, Professor of Pharmaceutical and Public Health  Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy; and Dr Richard Tiner, President of the  Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>Moderating the debate will be Dr Phil Hammond, GP, broadcaster and vice president of The Patients Association.<br \/>     &nbsp;<br \/>     Attend<br \/>     Come and hear how the industry measures up on the key issue of corporate  responsibility and reputation, and what more it can, and should, do to  silence its critics.<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>&pound;170 drinks and debate <br \/>     Head-to-Head Dinner &#8211; SOLD OUT<\/p>\n<p>     &pound;95 NHS price for drinks and debate<\/strong><\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">I wrote to see if it will be a podcast or a YouTube available affair. Looks like Dr. Goldacre has boundless energy to add to his entertaining style and command of the facts. Clinical Trial reform seems to have found a rock star at last. Let&#8217;s hope he doesn&#8217;t burn out [or lip-sync]&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PharmaTimes head-to-head debate Whitehead vs Goldacre The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London 26 February, 2013 5.00pm onwards Does pharma put profits ahead of patients? Is the industry failing to live up to the legal and moral standards expected of it? Or do its criticisers continue to push historical examples of malpractice and fail to recognise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32995"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33004,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32995\/revisions\/33004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}