{"id":33727,"date":"2013-02-26T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T02:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=33727"},"modified":"2013-02-27T08:30:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T13:30:59","slug":"tweettweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/26\/tweettweet\/","title":{"rendered":"tweet&middot;tweet&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pharmatimes.com\/Events\/Head-to-Head.aspx\">PharmaTimes head-to-head debate<\/a><br \/>          <strong><font color=\"#200020\">Whitehead vs Goldacre<\/font><\/strong><br \/>          26 February, 2013, 5.15pm<br \/>          The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>        <\/p>\n<div><em>Does pharma put profits ahead of patients? <\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>         <\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>Is the industry failing to live up to the legal and moral standards expected of it? <\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>         <\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>Or do its criticisers continue to push historical examples of malpractice and fail to recognise the good work pharma has done?<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Corporate  governance and transparency are key to building trust in any industry,  yet author, doctor and&nbsp;journalist Ben Goldacre suggests the sector is  trailing in both its moral and legal obligations. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The debate will also hear from guest panellists: confirmed so far are Sir Iain Chalmers, co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration and editor of the James Lind Library; Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of the BMJ; Dr Beat Widler, CQA and Quality Risk Management Expert and Managing Partner at Widler and Schiemann; and Dr Richard Tiner, former President of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine [2009-2012] and medical director, ABPI [1996-2009]&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div>Moderating  the debate will be Dr Phil Hammond, GP, author, journalist, broadcaster  and vice president of The Patients Association.<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/sup><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">The debate is over. Tweets coming from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.badscience.net\/\">Ben Goldacre<\/a> say:<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>     <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is very sad. There are so many in industry who want to move constructively towards greater transparency, and recognise the value for them.<\/li>\n<li>Here are the people that Stephen Whitehead of @ABPI_UK dismissed tonight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alltrials.net\/supporters\/ \">http:\/\/www.alltrials.net\/supporters\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li>GSK have signed. Over 80 patient groups have signed. The ABPI are rapidly isolating themselves. How will this look?<\/li>\n<li>This official ABPI comment in response to the single movement for transparency that has galvanised support from patients and professionals.<\/li>\n<li>BTW: tonight at a debate Stephen Whitehead of @ABPI_UK said [verbatim] &quot;We will not respond to PR driven initiatives such as alltrials&rdquo;. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <\/strong><\/sup><\/div>\n<div>Tweets from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abpi.org.uk\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry<\/a> say:<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><sup><strong>    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Whitehead: Medicine is not &lsquo;broken&rsquo;; the pharmaceutical industry is responsible for saving lives &lsquo;on an epic scale&rsquo; <\/li>\n<li>Stephen Whitehead: We are all moving in the same direction. What is the issue is how to get there <\/li>\n<li>Stephen Whitehead: Pharmaceutical companies do not compare their drugs with weak comparators <\/li>\n<li>Stephen Whitehead: The regulators see every scrap of safety data as part of the approval process <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <\/strong><\/sup><\/div>\n<div>Sounds like business as usual&#8230;<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" vspace=\"5\" height=\"244\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/images\/head2head.jpg\" \/><br \/> <sup>before <strong>&middot;<\/strong> after<\/sup><\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>UPDATE: see <a href=\"http:\/\/pharmagossip.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/ben-goldacre-versus-stephen-whitehead.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Goldacre versus Stephen Whitehead &#8211; PharmaTimes Debate | Pharmafile <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PharmaTimes head-to-head debate Whitehead vs Goldacre 26 February, 2013, 5.15pm The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London 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 the [&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-33727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727","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=33727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33729,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727\/revisions\/33729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}