James Larkin

@LarkinJames

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

Dublin City, Ireland researchgate.net/profile/James-… Joined November 2017

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James Larkin @LarkinJames Oct 1, 2024

📢Publication
We analysed how pharmaceutical companies report conflict of interest payments on disclosureuk.org.uk & found widespread non-compliance with self-regulatory rules

🔍Key finding:
- Most companies didn’t disclose some key reporting methods
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

James Larkin @LarkinJames Nov 6, 2024

“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

rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

www.rte.ie Understanding the big lobbies & how they affect our health Mark Petticrew, Professor of Public Health with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

James Larkin @LarkinJames Nov 1, 2024

"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"
bjgp.org/content/74/748…

bjgp.org Unpicking influence and conflicts of interest in prescribing 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...

James Larkin @LarkinJames Oct 25, 2024

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 bmj.com/content/387/bm…

www.bmj.com Shifting influence: the unaccountable millions paid by industry to healthcare organisations 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...

James Larkin @LarkinJames Oct 25, 2024

“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