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Would this be the very same Fionee Godlee who recently published an extended account by Brian Deer claiming that data on MMR and autism had been faked by persons wanting to sue the pharmaceutical industry with an editorial to accompany it? See Godlee, F., J. Smith, et al. (2011). "Wakefield's article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent." Bmj 342: c7452. Or how about the story of McBride and debendox? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debendox There is no need to contact the pharma industry if you want to have the experience of having requests for access to original data turned down. Most independent researchers are happy to give you an 'over my dead body' reply. Regards Stephen Stephen Senn Professor of Statistics School of Mathematics and Statistics Direct line: +44 (0)141 330 5141 Fax: +44 (0)141 330 4814 Private Webpage: http://www.senns.demon.co.uk/home.html University of Glasgow 15 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QW The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401 ________________________________________ From: Evidence based health (EBH) [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ronan Conroy [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 10 February 2011 12:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: EBM for patients On 10 Feb 2011, at 10:32, Anna Sayburn wrote: My passion is to ensure information available to consumers is in line with the best quality medical evidence, so people can make good decisions about their healthcare. Then I suggest you contact the pharmaceutical industry and ask to see their unpublished data and results. See, for example, the recent Reboxitine fiasco and the associated editorial from Fiona Godlee and Elizabeth Loder. http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c5641.full "The reboxetine story and similar episodes must call into question the entire evidence synthesis enterprise. Meta-analyses are generally considered the best form of evidence, but is that a plausible world view any longer when so many of them are likely to be missing relevant information" Good luck! Ronán Conroy [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Associate Professor Division of Population Health Sciences Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Beaux Lane House Dublin 2