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Dr. Nancy Olivieri
@nancyolivieri.bsky.social
#Whistleblower #Prof #Peds #Med #PublicHealth Legal victories I can’t talk about yet. Researcher. Veteran vs academic #corruption. Book + mini-series underway.

How universities lost their way.
As philosopher Arthur Lovejoy, a founder of the
@AAUP, observed: "The distinctive social function of the scholar’s trade cannot be fulfilled, if those who pay the piper are permitted to call the tune."
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(Wilhelm von) Humboldt’s Gift | SAPIR Journal
The idea of the modern university is often associated with the name Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Prussian philosopher of education at whose in...
sapirjournal.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Heritage #Pharma ($10M) & #Apotex ($39.1M) settle allegations of "widespread, long-running conspiracies" to price-fix #generic drugs.
www.wibw.com/2024/11/26/d... #fraud #greed #BarrySherman
Maybe we should be more careful whom we celebrate as "a great leader in health care"?
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Dozens of states, including Kansas, reach settlements with pharmaceutical companies accused in price-fixing scheme
Connecticut led 50 states and territories, including Kansas, in a lawsuit against the two companies for deliberately reducing competition and inflating prices in the market.
www.wibw.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Nothing is more true than this.
"One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
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🙏@TheBreachMedia @omarelakkad
Why we boycott Israel: ‘One day everyone will have always been against this’ ⋆ The Breach
More than 6,000 literary workers have pledged to stop working with institutions that support the horrors in Gaza
breachmedia.ca
November 24, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Editing my book, cited this; realized it was 10 years old *yesterday*. The #Motherisk tragedy was just emerging.
But Koren remains, sadly, a grand example of the people who thrive in academia: www.thestar.com/news/gta/ins...
(despite the efforts of many…)
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Inside the career of Motherisk founder Dr. Gideon Koren
How prominent doctor built the Hospital for Sick Children’s Motherisk program into a leading world authority on drugs and pregnant and lactating women
www.thestar.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Canada once again on the world stage for #euthanasia:
"The law is too broad, or the professional guidance not precise enough. Or it is simply not seen as a priority to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens."
🙏@TrudoLemmens
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons
Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessness
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:06 PM
ICYMI: classic #whistleblower story.
Biologist fired after reporting #cancer link.
"No other explanation [for his firing]" says colleague who was also fired.
In 2015 New Brunswick’s CMO was fired.
All in the protection of #glyphosate.
gmwatch.org/en/106-news/... H/t @thackerpd
Sacking of wildlife biologists and chief medical officer linked to glyphosate
Dissent crushed to protect New Brunswick’s glyphosate addiction
gmwatch.org
November 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
🔥 review of a 🔥 book @FearLoathingBTX & how he held his institution to account for #misconduct only to be "ostracized, denigrated & thoroughly disillusioned."
"But it is better for one to shed tears than to never open one’s eyes at all" 🎯@The_Intima
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The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No by bioethicist Carl Elliot — Intima
In The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No (W.W. Norton, 2024), bioethicist Carl Elliot begins his ethical exploration into whistleblowing in medical pr...
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November 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
🙏@munkeatlooi & @bmj_latest for this interview,summarizing hours of discussion of a never-ending conflict ☹️

With quotes 🙏: @Richard56, @CitizenHRG, @FearLoathingBTX @rachelmendleson 

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🙏@senseaboutsci #MaddoxPrize
#research #misconduct #accountability #whistleblower
Whistleblower’s decades long fight to save patients from dangerous research
Nancy Olivieri chose to safeguard patients rather than protect her career when she blew the whistle on a drug trial she was leading. She tells The BMJ of her near 30 year fight for transparency and sa...
bmj.com
March 7, 2024 at 3:53 PM