NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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Cochrane take no 'commercial or conflicted funding'. Any dilution of their fiercely independent stance would be a great shame.

I think the recent Gates Foundation funding is a big negative for them; it is essentially conflicted funding because Gates are all about using vaccines to solve third world health problems. Any critical analysis of a vaccine they are behind is going to be an issue. The trigger for Gotzsche’s defenestration (sorry, just like the way it sounds) was the Gardasil review.

Dr Malcolm Kendrick, who you are no doubt familiar with, went this far in describing the potential impact on Cochrane:

one wonders if the lamps truly are turning out across the world. Perhaps never to be turned on again.

A definite difference in tone from his typical cynical, joking, acute observations.

http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2018/09/19/peter-gotzsche-a-scandal/amp/

What I do know is that if you read his book: 'Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime. How big pharma has corrupted healthcare.' you will never view things quite the same again. I have a copy.

It’s been on my list to pick up — this series of posts has motivated me to take the plunge. I’m very interested in seeing the level of evidence he brings in making the case that BP is essentially organized crime. It’s a provocative question: how close does that model match?

As Johnnie Cochran might say, “If the glove fits tight, you must indict.”