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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A key strategy of commercial actors is to influence and distort the evidence base relating to the harms of their products This is done through funding misleading industry-friendly science & through the active promotion of misinformation @markpetticrew.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #AIMOS2025

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"I'm not influenced." "My colleagues are influenced, but I'm not." "I have ties with all the, companies, so I'm not influenced by any.” Lisa Bero describing the ways people rationalise their conflicts of interest, opening the #AIMOS2025 conference @aimosinc.bsky.social

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Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

sign up sign up come along to our first event 31st october or add yourself to our mailing list for a streamed section of the day. it's going to be excellent. no sponsorship, independent, and amazing people are coming medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevi...

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The Centre for Evidence and Values

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Less inequality = fewer problems @profkepickett.bsky.social lays our her vision for a good society at #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Research by alcohol industry funded organisations like DrinkAware often distorts health evidence In that context, Alice Thompson presents on alcohol industry funded research on drink spiking #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 10/09/2025

There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza. Israeli forces have ordered thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate as the military prepares another major assault. States should act to prevent genocide in Gaza and press Israel to reverse course.

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Do unhealthy commodity advertising restrictions affect energy consumption, have unintended effects and are there loopholes? Great presentation by @frankdv.bsky.social discussing his evaluation of the Bristol unhealthy commodity advertising restrictions #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

“Advertising is one of most effective ways of promoting harmful commodity use” Excellent presentation by @michaelpdaly.bsky.social on what policy restrictions local authorities place on harmful commodity advertising, & what factors impede or facilitate these policies #SSM2025 @socsocmed.bsky.social

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Pharmaceutical payments to general practices rose from £2.5 mill in 2015 to £7.5 mill in 2022. 54 companies made payments, but one company, Chiesi—marketing respiratory inhalers—accounted for >50% of payments since 2017 The payment growth and the dominance of one company raise concerns about bias

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

"Patient Partnership Week has been sponsored by Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca & Novartis" www.patients-association.org.uk/news/patient... Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement ➡️ academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social

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Patient Partnership Week 2025

We’ve launched Patient Partnership Week 2025! Find out more and book to attend our free webinars.

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Yesterday the Dáil debated legislation to legally mandate public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical & medical device company payments to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations. It was refreshing to hear insightful contributions from government and opposition TDs thread: 1/4

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Great to speak alongside Kath Sansom & Kieran Harkin in the Oireachtas audiovisual room, outlining the need for sunshine legislation: legally mandated public disclosure of payments from pharmaceutical and medical device company payments to healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations.

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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · 09/06/2025

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the New Foundations Scheme. The scheme supports eligible researchers who intend to pursue research, networking or dissemination activities within and across the diversity of disciplines. Go to: researchireland.ie/funding/new-foundations/

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On Saturday, the Irish Times published a piece I wrote asking whether Novo Nordisk should be funding children’s playgrounds. We need to ask if there are hidden costs to Novo Nordisk funding parts of our education and health systems, costs that may not be worth paying for. shorturl.at/erwpH

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Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

In 2023, Novo Nordisk was suspended by its own industry body in the UK for two years over its sponsorship of weight management courses for health professionals

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

In 2023, Novo Nordisk was suspended by its own industry body in the UK for two years over its sponsorship of weight management courses for health professionals

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Publication: We modelled the impact of post-2016 changes to prescription medicine co-payment charges and cost caps on out-of-pocket prescription expenditure Mean annual expenditure for medical card holders reduced from €117 to €55. For the DPS-group, it reduced from €719 to €555 shorturl.at/l7OAh

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Modelling the impact of changes to prescription medicine cost-sharing schemes among middle aged and older adults

To assess impacts of government changes to prescription medicine co-payments on individuals’ out-of-pocket expenditure.Participants were community-dwe…

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Hannah Forde @hannahforde.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Liverpool to explore the mental health and environmental impacts of outdoor advertising, focusing on meat and dairy www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The psychology of outdoor advertising at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

$1000 per day for risdiplam from Roche for treatment of SMA.

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Strange that a pharmaceutical industry funded children's poster about intellectual property doesn't mention intellectual property's role in millions of deaths in the COVID pandemic and HIV/AIDS epidemic It's more focused on how IP helps companies "grow and fund further research" ‪@abpi.bsky.social‬

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Uplift Ireland @uplift.ie · 13/05/2025

Greyhound racing is a cruel industry where thousands of dogs are killed every year. It is an industry that only benefits the gambling companies and bookmakers. We are calling for a ban on cruel, unpopular Greyhound racing once and for all. #Speirgorm

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Ban Greyhound Racing now

I am calling on the Government to ban cruel Greyhound racing. Will you do the same?

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Grateful to have gotten @researchireland.ie funding to conduct a study with Alcohol Forum Ireland exploring corporate influences on public health alcohol policy. @paulaleonard.bsky.social

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them: www.thetimes.com/article/245f...

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Private cataract clinics investigated while making millions from NHS

Health service bosses fear price inflation and unnecessary operations are costing the taxpayer. Now a fraud unit is getting involved

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 08/04/2025

Spot the difference 🔎 Left: A Guinness ad near an Irish primary school before a complaint. Right: After the complaint - now Guinness 0.0. A dangerous loophole lets alcohol brands dodge ad restrictions by promoting zero-alcohol products. It's time to close it. Found by @jameslarkin13.bsky.social

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Pleased to play a part in this publication on Zero Alcohol in Ireland lnkd.in/eQgXv_pZ 0.0 alcohol is being used as a loophole to facilitate alcohol marketing near schools See images from my town Left: Guinness ad before I complained that it's within 200m of a school, Right: after I complained

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨Publication We assessed the impact of multimorbidity on out-of-pocket prescription medicine expenditure for all adults in Denmark Even in Denmark, with large government subsidies, people with multimorbidity are vulnerable to high prescription medicine expenditure shorturl.at/caQDW

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The association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for prescription medicines among adults in Denmark: A population-based register study

Multimorbidity, defined as two or more chronic conditions in an individual, is increasing in prevalence and is associated with polypharmacy. Polypharm…

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Proud to have supported this letter to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social The UK (& Ireland) need a conflict of interest disclosure system detailing the payments that pharmaceutical & medical device companies make to healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations and patient organisations

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Looking through @easoobesity.bsky.social #ECO2025 list of sponsors - having diversity in pharma cos. appears to be #Obesity #COI mgt strategy in recent yrs* Also interesting to see Pronokal (Nestlé) back (can't claim lack of awareness this time www.bmj.com/content/380/...) eco2025.org?p=sponsors

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32nd European Congress on Obesity

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📢Publication We examined almost every multi-centre RCT with an Irish centre & found big reporting issues 🔎only 27% of RCTs reported number of participants recruited in Ireland Huge €'s are devoted to Irish RCT infrastructure, yet levels of Irish involvement in RCTs aren't clear shorturl.at/9mmGk

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Shortcomings in reporting country-level participation in multicenter randomized controlled trials involving Ireland as a collaborating partner: a metaresearch study

Multi-center randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide vital information about healthcare interventions. Reporting on country-level participation is…

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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Shortcomings in reporting country-level participation in multicenter randomized controlled trials involving Ireland as a collaborating partner: a metaresearch study

Multi-center randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide vital information about healthcare interventions. Reporting on country-level participation is…

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

“One official inside the European Commission reportedly summed up how things were looking during a recent meeting: industry had largely secured what they wanted” @irishtimes.com Jack Power Inside the pharma industry’s lobbying campaign to water down reforms www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Inside the pharma industry’s lobbying campaign to water down reforms

Pharma companies ‘disappointed’ in Government’s stance during EU negotiations

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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

"more than a third [of survey respondents said] they had avoided healthcare appointments or buying medicine in the past year due to cost concerns. To afford their healthcare, almost half had cut down on general expenses, 30% accessed savings and 22% reduced food spending." #NCDs

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The 2023 disclosure of payments to patient organisations in Ireland

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Novo Nordisk engaged in a “large-scale, misleading, intransparent, biased promotional campaign of a highly sought after weight management medication. This case revealed deep cultural issues within the company” Piotr Ozieranski speaking on Channel 4’s Dispatches www.channel4.com/programmes/s...

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Skinny Jab Scandal: Dispatches

Dispatches investigates the skinny jab. Is patient safety being compromised?

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🔎 To afford healthcare, 46% of participants cut down on general expenses, 30% accessed savings & 22% reduced food spending 🔎 Choice experiment found that participants were more likely to skip hospital visits if experiencing financial constraints, while medication would be prioritised

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

📢 PhD Publication Our survey & choice experiment showed that people in Ireland with chronic conditions are experiencing significant financial issues: 🔎Over a third said they avoided healthcare appointments or buying medicine in previous year due to cost bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component - BMC Primary Care

Background People with multimorbidity (i.e., two or more chronic conditions) experience increased out-of-pocket healthcare costs and are vulnerable to cost-related non-adherence to recommended treatme...

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component - BMC Primary Care

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The pharmaceutical industry rank 6th, spending €21.75 on EU lobbying. And this is likely to be a "substantial underestimate"

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Risks of industry funding of universities: Erodes support for academic endeavours not seen as commercially valuable Corporate capture of universities' public-good mission Distracting academic attention away from policies prioritising human & ecological health publicpolicy.ie/papers/indus...

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Industry Funding of Irish Universities - Public Policy

This policy paper explores private sector funding of higher education institutions in Ireland. Large corporations are providing financial support to Irish universities in multiple ways including suppo...

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The pharmaceutical industry rank 6th, spending €21.75 on EU lobbying. And this is likely to be a "substantial underestimate"

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Deirdre Robertson @deirdrearobertson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We have a paid summer internship in the Behavioural Research Unit. Looking for final year undergraduate or masters students in psychology, economics or social policy. Enthusiasm for experiments a must!

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James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

“I have even been told to tone it down, and that this is how it is, and it’s a rite of passage. The fear of speaking out is huge, but I don’t accept that this is a rite of passage – it is a hiring choice.“ TCD PhD student @conorreddy95.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’

Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career

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