ABOVE: Peter Gøtzsche has previously described big pharma as “organized crime.”
YOUTUBE, JOHN MCDOUGALL
Update (September 20): The Cochrane Collaboration issued a statement yesterday (September 19) stating that the board’s decision is “not about freedom of speech” (emphasis Cochrane’s). Instead, “it is about a long-term pattern of behaviour that we say is totally, and utterly, at variance with [Cochrane’s] principles and governance.” In accordance with the organization’s rules, Gøtzsche for now remains a member, and has seven days to make a written response. “We will report back to you about the outcome as soon as we are able to,” the statement says.
The Cochrane Collaboration, a respected medical organization that conducts systematic reviews of research and helps guide clinical practice, has expelled one of its governing board members, Danish physician and Cochrane cofounder Peter Gøtzsche, STAT News reported yesterday (September 16). The grounds for the decision, which led to the resignations ...