June 2010

Opinion / Ghostauthors, ghost management and the manipulation of medical research

22/6/2010 1.22pm by Ginny Barbour

There are three articles in the June issue of Bioethics on different aspects of ghostwriting.

The first article, by Tobenna D Anekwe, “Profits and plagiarism: the case of medical ghostwriting” argues that “medical ghostwriting often involves plagiarism and, in those cases, can be treated as an act of research misconduct” and suggests measures to counter ghostwriting.

Opinion / When the law intervenes in peer review - articles from the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

22/6/2010 12.47pm by Ginny Barbour

There’s a interesting paper and editorial published in May in the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. The article is entitled PCL-R Psychopathy: Threats to Sue, Peer Review, and Implications for Science and Law.

Opinion / CMAJ news story on funding withdrawal for Canadian Research ethics council

18/6/2010 1.00pm by Ginny Barbour

The news story reports that the National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR), has had its funding withdrawn by Health Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.  Apparently this will primarily affect education, but also scotches the possibility that the Council would devolp into a Canadian national accrediting and oversight body for research ethics boards.

Opinion / Nature news story on publication of trial data

15/6/2010 2.03pm by Ginny Barbour

The story relates to an announcement on June 10 by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations.  An exerpt from the IFPMA press release states:

Opinion / A report of the second seminar of Iranian Medical Journal editors

11/6/2010 4.58pm by Ginny Barbour

We received this report from Behrooz Astaneh, Deputy Editor of the Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.

Behrooz can be contacted on astanehb@yahoo.com

The second seminar of Iranian Medical Journal editors- A Report