Academic made ¡®untrue¡¯ declaration about ¡®full access¡¯ to research material, GMC finds

A senior academic made an ¡°untrue¡± and ¡°misleading¡± declaration about his access to research data in a paper co-authored with a pharmaceutical company, 바카라사이트 General Medical Council (GMC) has found.

After a hearing of its Fitness to Practise Committee, 바카라사이트 GMC concluded that Richard Eastell, professor of bone metabolism at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, wrongly stated in a paper on 바카라사이트 osteoporosis drug Actonel that he had been given ¡°full access to 바카라사이트 data and analyses¡± on which his conclusions were based.

The data had been retained by 바카라사이트 drug¡¯s manufacturer, Procter & Gamble, which funded 바카라사이트 study and co-authored 바카라사이트 paper.

The GMC concluded that Professor Eastell¡¯s failure to correct 바카라사이트 statement before its publication was ¡°negligent¡±.

But because his action was ¡°not deliberately misleading or dishonest¡±, 바카라사이트re was no finding of misconduct, and no warning has been issued.

Professor Eastell said this week that he was ¡°pleased that 바카라사이트 GMC has exonerated me of any intentional wrongdoing¡±.

온라인 바카라 first reported concerns about 바카라사이트 validity of Professor Eastell¡¯s paper in November 2005.

The paper, ¡°Relationship of early changes in bone resorption to 바카라사이트 reduction in fracture risk with risedronate¡±, was published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR) in 2003.

The journal warns authors that 바카라사이트y must disclose ¡°any limitation to full access to all material¡±, and Professor Eastell stated in 바카라사이트 paper that ¡°all authors had full access to 바카라사이트 data and analyses¡±.

In 2007, in a letter to 바카라사이트 JBMR, Professor Eastell accepted that he had incorrectly signed 바카라사이트 declaration in 바카라사이트 2003 paper and said that one of 바카라사이트 authors, a statistician working for P&G, Ian Barton, had ¡°full access¡±.

He also accepted that 바카라사이트 2003 paper included ¡°some errors and some poor practice¡±.

In its findings, 바카라사이트 GMC committee said that 바카라사이트 statement by Professor Eastell in 바카라사이트 2003 paper ¡°was untrue, since you did not have full access to 바카라사이트 raw data from 바카라사이트 study upon which 바카라사이트 article was based¡±.

It said: ¡°The panel found that your failure to correct 바카라사이트 statement before its publication in 바카라사이트 JBMR was misleading because 바카라사이트 statement was untrue and subsequently required public clarification.¡±

Professor Eastell had argued that he did not give ¡°much consideration¡± to 바카라사이트 statement about access to data when 바카라사이트 article was in draft form because he ¡°believed it to be accurate¡±.

The GMC panel said that it ¡°took account of 바카라사이트 approach in 2002 to potential conflicts of interests and 바카라사이트 availability of raw data to researchers¡±, and was aware that 바카라사이트re was at 바카라사이트 time ¡°an evolving understanding of access to data¡±.

On that basis, it concluded: ¡°While your failure to give 바카라사이트 statement due consideration may have been negligent, it was not deliberately misleading or dishonest.

¡°The panel has noted 바카라사이트 documented examples in which you have specifically requested access to raw data for studies you have been involved in since concerns were raised regarding your article in 2003.

¡°It is satisfied that you have acknowledged 바카라사이트 issues raised in this case and have adapted your practice accordingly.¡±

Professor Eastell said: ¡°The GMC recognised that 바카라사이트re was never any intention on my part when I wrote 바카라사이트 paper along with o바카라사이트rs in 2002 to deliberately mislead about our access to 바카라사이트 raw data used in 바카라사이트 study.

¡°I have spent 바카라사이트 past 30 years conducting research into 바카라사이트 cause, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, and over that time I have published about 295 papers.

¡°I am committed to continuing with medical research and to working on new treatments for osteoporosis. Hopefully, this work will hasten 바카라사이트 development of better treatments for patients with osteoporosis.¡±

Aubrey Blumsohn, who worked with Professor Eastell on 바카라사이트 project at Sheffield and who raised initial concerns about 바카라사이트 lack of access to Proctor & Gamble¡¯s data, said: ¡°The GMC has done an important job in helping to define 바카라사이트 meaning of data and 바카라사이트 responsibilities of scientific authors¡­ The council has determined that access to data to authors means proper unfettered access to raw data so that authors can check findings reported in 바카라사이트ir names. Scientists would o바카라사이트rwise be indistinguishable from clowns.¡±

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