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The pharmaceutical industry rank 6th, spending €21.75 on EU lobbying. And this is likely to be a "substantial underestimate"

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Risks of industry funding of universities: Erodes support for academic endeavours not seen as commercially valuable Corporate capture of universities' public-good mission Distracting academic attention away from policies prioritising human & ecological health publicpolicy.ie/papers/indus...

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The pharmaceutical industry rank 6th, spending €21.75 on EU lobbying. And this is likely to be a "substantial underestimate"

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RCSI department of general practice is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Lung Cancer Screening @rcsi.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

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We have a paid summer internship in the Behavioural Research Unit. Looking for final year undergraduate or masters students in psychology, economics or social policy. Enthusiasm for experiments a must!

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“I have even been told to tone it down, and that this is how it is, and it’s a rite of passage. The fear of speaking out is huge, but I don’t accept that this is a rite of passage – it is a hiring choice.“ TCD PhD student @conorreddy95.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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"92 healthcare companies executed $2.6 trillion in shareholder payouts between 2001-2022" "Increasing capital distributions to shareholders of publicly traded companies may be associated with higher prices and may not be reinvested in improving access, delivery or research" shorturl.at/459ha

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A new study published in the Lancet finds that life expectancy in Gaza dropped by nearly half, from 75.5 years to 40.6 years, during the first twelve months of the genocide. Apocalyptic.

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"Now is the time to strengthen our systems for addressing conflicts of interest, separating harmful industry funding from science, & acknowledging that public health research should seek to serve the public good, not the profit motives of vested interests" academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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New highlight in the RestoRes website: « The European Medicines Agency has published revised policies on competing interests »

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@patientlibrary.bsky.social Many thanks for including our paper on commercial influences on #PPI in your latest newsletter; hope it's useful to your network Paper: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... Report: www.patientlibrary.net/cgi-bin/libr... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

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Interesting 🧐 reading

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Novo Nordisk systematically misreported, under-reported or did not disclose funding given to healthcare organisations e.g. professional bodies and patient groups. “Even after admitting to errors & conducting an internal review, it failed to accurately report” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Hi #academicsky ! Can you please spread the word that we would love to see more manuscripts submitted to @healthpromint.bsky.social on the climate crisis, and planetary health. More about the journal here ⬇️ Thank you! academic.oup.com/heapro

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Novo Nordisk systematically misreported, under-reported or did not disclose funding given to healthcare organisations e.g. professional bodies and patient groups. “Even after admitting to errors & conducting an internal review, it failed to accurately report” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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🚨 Publication We examined how entitlements, multimorbidity and number of regular medicines impact out-of-pocket prescription medicine expenditure and cost-related non-adherence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Can calorie (energy) labelling change people's selection and consumption of food or alcohol? A bit says this Cochrae review www.cochrane.org/CD014845/CEN... Is it worth it?? Some thoughts ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Welcome to Bluesky @brittakm.bsky.social. A fantastic commercial determinants of health researcher who is well worth a follow.

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"Can [young people] walk to school without being bombarded by alcohol brand advertising? Can they go to the shop without seeing alcohol and alcohol branded advertising and products?” Alcohol Forum Ireland launching an amazing project @paulaleonard.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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The drug and therapeutics bulletin of @bmj.com discuss the Irish College of GP’s decision to phase out industry funding: dtbbmj.podbean.com/e/dtb_januar... It also mentions evidence from our fact sheet about industry funding of healthcare organisations: haiweb.org/wp-content/u...

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Welcome to Bluesky @conorhammersley.bsky.social, an excellent researcher examining men's health and farmer health and wellbeing. Give him a follow!

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Not only is the European Association of Obesity partnering with the Novo Nordisk Foundation on research awards (💰), the American Society for Nutrition is now too 😩 nutrition.org/introducing-... #COI #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence

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"New government legislation is necessary to ensure full transparency of industry payments in the UK It should be combined with reducing—or eliminating—industry interactions in professional training, continuing medical education, guideline & policy development" ebm.bmj.com/content/ebme...

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We're recruiting for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join the Mitigating Air Pollution Impact Project, underpinned by a public health approach to air pollution mitigation & adaptation, enabling consideration of equity, from a policy perspective. @epaireland.bsky.social @irishdocsenv.bsky.social

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Great opportunity here - significant seed funding support for primary care research @tcddublin.bsky.social

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Speaking of Dry January... Last year we analysed the apps promoted by alcohol industry-funded organisations, including Drinkaware, Drinkwise, and Educ’Alcool. We found most of the tools contain misleading info about alcohol harms,& ‘nudge’ users towards drinking: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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We had an incredible year at @healthpromint.bsky.social . Here are ten of my favourite articles we published in 2024. 1️⃣ Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action @maritahennessy.bsky.social et al academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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Pharmaceutical Industry Payments to Patient Organizations in Poland: Analysis of the Patterns, Evolution & Structure of Connections Marta Makowska, Shai Mulinari & Piotr Ozieranski journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dear @theguardian.com Thank you for the free PR. Yours sincerely, Diageo www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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- Playing a role in dragging out the opioid epidemic - Bribery accusations in South Africa - Ignoring corruption warnings - Working with infamously corrupt companies like Enron The list of black marks against McKinsey is long

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academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... Commercial influences on patient and public involvement: a renewed call for research and action How commercial interests buy health policy fronted through patient and consumer groups And why this matters

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Great study One interesting nugget: "the pharmacy profession in Ireland does not have a professional leadership body that can promote the role of community pharmacists for the public good without (perceived) undue commercial influence."

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The shortcomings with the public health alcohol act - Zero enforcement - No and low alcohol being used as a loophole (or lack of political will from minister for health to address no and low alcohol) @paulaleonard.bsky.social at alcohol forum Ireland webinar on alcohol advertising

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“The marketing effort is now almost ubiquitous globally and alcohol is advertised about three times as much as the average advertised product” - Prof. Thomas Babor quoting Saffer at alcohol forum Ireland webinar on alcohol industry advertising.

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British government brining train services back into public ownership to improve rail performance & reduce costs Given that pharma is producing few effective medicines tinyurl.com/2sc5m9zy Massive costs of meds that are useful tinyurl.com/2h2r55y8 Time to consider nationalising pharma companies?

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🚨Publication🚨 🔎We critically examine industry's influence on the public and patient involvement (PPI) landscape 🔎We highlight the need to ensure independence, power and legitimacy of PPI activities 📢We call on non-industry organisations to adequately fund PPI Ably led by Marita Hennessy

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New BMJ Investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics require much greater scrutiny and pushback www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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In a nearly 300-page report, Amnesty International concluded that Israel's actions constitute genocide. “Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now.”

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Prepare a lecture for dietetic students and am baffled at the level of conflict of interest in that world. The flagship sponsor of this year's international congress of nutrition and dietetics was Pepsico Canada icnd2024.ca/icnd2024-spo...

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