Irregularities have been documented in dozens of research papers by Xuetao Cao, a high-profile Chinese scientist and champion of research integrity. Xuetao Cao, a biomedical engineer, is the president of Nankai University in Tianjin and a former president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. On Nov 13, Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist who dedicates her […]
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Ontario delays implementation of pharma transparency rules
The Ontario government is putting off the implementation of rules that would require pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers to report all payments and gifts to doctors, medical associations, patient advocacy groups and others in the province. The Health Sector Payment Transparency Act was passed in December 2017, but the regulations had not been finalized […]
Cannabis money opens new opportunities, and ethical dilemmas, for medical research
A research partnership between The Lung Association of Ontario and Tetra Bio-Pharma, a drug company focused on medicinal cannabis, has raised questions about whether it is appropriate for health-focused charities and researchers to work with companies selling a product that is smoked. Read more in CMAJ.
CMA quits global medical body over plagiarism row
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) resigned from the World Medical Association (WMA) on Oct. 6, after the WMA’s new president plagiarized portions of his inaugural address from a speech by former CMA president Dr. Chris Simpson. “As an organization that holds itself as the arbiter of medical ethics at the global level, the WMA has failed to […]
Canada used hungry indigenous children to study malnutrition
Ire follows article detailing tests on unwitting aboriginal citizens in the 1940s and 1950s. Canadian government scientists used malnourished native populations as unwitting subjects in experiments conducted in the 1940s and 1950s to test nutritional interventions. The tests, many of which involved children at state-funded residential schools, had been largely forgotten until they were described […]