Peter Gøtzsche
playerBiotech & Transhumanism
A top medical researcher was thrown off his own watchdog board for questioning drug-industry conflicts of interest.
Who they are
Peter Gøtzsche, co-founder of the Nordic Cochrane Centre and author of a book on the pharmaceutical industry.
What they do
He is a real-world example of respected medical review bodies being captured by drug-industry interests.
How it works
In 2018 the Cochrane governing board voted 6-5 to expel him after he criticized their conflict-of-interest policies and questioned the methods behind HPV vaccine safety claims.
Why it matters
His expulsion shows how even the institutions meant to keep medical evidence honest can push out their own critics.
The engine's record — word for word
Co-founder of Nordic Cochrane Centre. Author of *Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime*. Expelled from Cochrane Governing Board 2018 (6-5 vote) for criticizing conflict-of-interest policies + raising HPV vaccine safety methodology concerns. Substrate-evidence figure for institutional capture of evidence-based-medicine apparatus.
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