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James Larkin

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RCSI Postdoctoral researcher. Research interests: conflicts of interest, the pharmaceutical & medical device industries, multimorbidity, out-of-pocket payments.

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined November 2017
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📢Publication.We analysed how pharmaceutical companies report conflict of interest payments on & found widespread non-compliance with self-regulatory rules. 🔍Key finding:.- Most companies didn’t disclose some key reporting methods.
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RT @MeshCampaign: We're deeply disappointed at the lack of response from Gillian Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient….
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“when the tobacco industry started to buy up parts of the food industry, one of the first things that the tobacco industry did was to teach its marketing strategies to the food industry”. @petticrewmark on Irish radio @TodaywithClaire .
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Mark Petticrew, Professor of Public Health with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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RT @DrTedros: We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struc….
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"UK doctors will be familiar with the sponsored-talk approach. Pharmaceutical representatives bring luxury sandwiches and nibbles, and in return doctors listen dutifully to the pharma rep's spiel. It is a shameless attempt to influence prescribing" .
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What are the influences on our prescribing? In short, many and varied. UK NHS doctors are often beholden to local policies, ever mindful of cost and effectiveness. Conferences and courses will matter...
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RT @DebStanistreet: We’re looking for a lecturer in public health and epidemiology to cover maternity leave, working as part or f our fant….
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RT @FrankMoriarty: This study is aiming to understand what deprescribing recommendations should look like, to inform future guideline devel….
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RT @bmj_latest: Novo Nordisk has been sanctioned by the UK pharmaceutical industry regulator over the way it has promoted its weight loss m….
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The Danish drug company Novo Nordisk has been sanctioned by the UK pharmaceutical industry regulator over the way it has promoted its weight loss medications semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) and liragl...
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RT @oxfamgbpress: REACTION: Israel's ban of UNRWA. In full here:
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RT @newsfromoxfam: PRESS RELEASE: Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. @Oxfam….
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RT @JoyceMsuya: The entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying.
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RT @CarolineWah25: 🚨#jobfairy 🚨.We are hiring a Research Fellow .@INFO_NCPE @TrinityMed1. looking for someone with a b/g in data analysis,….
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The drug industry isn’t throwing money at NHS trusts for philanthropic reasons. Also, systems for regulating, reporting & accounting for payments to healthcare organisations & health professionals are inadequate .- @KamranAbbasi
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In moving the NHS from broken to “fixed” (doi:10.1136/bmj.q2309),1 the focus is on three shifts identified in the Darzi review: from treatment to prevention, from hospital to community, and from...
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RT @ciarakirke: Interested in #MedicationWithoutHarm? .Workshop-based event 28th Nov PM where we want to hear what is working and how & the….
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“Crowdfunding has replaced tradition forms of charity. Gofundme alone has raised approximately $30 billion” an interesting presentation by @agreywal at the @LSHTM conference on charity and the mixed economy
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“Does charitable funding distort healthcare budgets?” . an important question raised by Dr Michael Lambert @GrandCamouflage during a fascinating presentation at the @LSHTM conference on charity and the mixed economy
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RT @pash22: Protecting patients and @NHSEngland & @NHSuk through full transparency in industry-NHSEngland collaborations..
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RT @pash22: Drug company methodologies used for reporting in the UK pharmaceutical industry payment transparency database between 2015 and….
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