Finding a good book to read on holiday may sometimes be a challenge. Luckily, the Open Pharma team is here to help with its shortlist of the best reads for summer 2019!
Open science is essential for medical research, says ABPI
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has said that it wants to take transparency to the next level, and has committed to making clinical research more accessible and understandable across the pharmaceutical industry.
The latest scoop from Evidence-Based Medicine Live
Evidence is essential for identifying treatment priorities and developing polices, said Claire Allen of Evidence Aid, at Evidence-Based Medicine Live (EBMLive), which took place on 15–17 July in Oxford, UK.
Resolving conflicts of interest in medicine
At a workshop on managing conflicts of interest in medicine, Chris Winchester, CEO of Oxford PharmaGenesis and co-founder of Open Pharma, argued for openness.
Research discoverability – insights from the OAI 11 CERN-UNIGE Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication
When it comes to driving change in academic publishing practices, much of the focus is on making research outputs freely available to all those who wish to access them. However, open access publishing is just the tip of the iceberg.
Clinical trial transparency – time for pharma to go above and beyond?
On 11–12 June 2019, over 60 pharma stakeholders met in Amsterdam at the 8th Annual Publication and Clinical Trial Transparency Conference to discuss the evolving landscape of clinical trial transparency.
GPCAP recommendations strengthen the credibility of medical conference presentations
The Good Practice for Conference Abstracts and Presentations (GPCAP) recommendations have been developed to address the challenges faced by industry professionals and authors when preparing abstracts and presentations for academic conferences.
Clinical trial transparency – who’s watching?
On 15 May 2019, the Center for Biomedical Research Transparency (CBMRT) brought the stakeholders in academic publishing together to share their varying perspectives on research transparency and accessibility at the European Biomedical Transparency Summit (BMTS), in Paris.
New Open Pharma resource: open access educational materials
New Open Pharma resource: open access educational materials
Using metadata to make open access science discoverable
In January 2019, Open Pharma core members and supporters attended a roundtable meeting, hosted by The BMJ at its Head Office at BMA House in London.