Hello and welcome to our 8th video in 8 weeks. Yes, we have a gazillion other things we could be doing with our time, but due to an acute lack of alternative voices and critique, here we are, with our cultural commentator hats on, spending hours and hours every week reading scientific papers, newspaper articles and reports, making videos detailing our findings.

In our latest video we examine two public institutions, the ABC in Australia and the FDA in the US, and ask the question: have we become so desensitised as a society that we no longer see conflicts of interest in plain sight?

Our references (in order of appearance)

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacy-fact-what-is-the-best-selling-prescription-drug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2dHQSj90-A
https://www.tonicmedianetwork.com.au/what-we-do/
https://mumbrella.com.au/tonic-media-network-successfully-spins-out-chemist2u-677337
https://chemist2u.com.au/
https://about.abc.net.au/correcting-the-record/abc-statement-on-dr-norman-swan/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/12/abc-takes-down-catalyst-heart-disease-episodes-after-review-criticism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn2RAggNN8w
https://theconversation.com/why-is-the-fda-funded-in-part-by-the-companies-it-regulates-160444
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/fact-sheet-fda-glance#:%7E:text=Program%20Funding&text=About%2055%20percent%2C%20or%20%243.2,for%20by%20industry%20user%20fees
https://www.tga.gov.au/book-page/cost-recovery-model-12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Z_LhPMhkEdw&feature=youtu.be
https://www.vox.com/2015/9/24/9387987/fda-expedited-drug-approvals
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0122
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/07/if-drug-firms-take-public-funds-they-must-make-their-discoveries-available-to-all-covid-19
https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-12-08-1553/fda-says-it-now-needs-75-years-fully-release-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-data
https://pnhp.org/news/taking-back-the-fda/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz4aAJUTQ7s
https://www.statista.com/statistics/254341/pfizers-worldwide-viagra-revenues-since-2003/#:~:text=During%202019%2C%20Pfizer’s%20Lipitor%20generated,billion%20U.S.%20dollars%20in%202006
https://maryannedemasi.com/publications
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLcq2V7MuM4
https://www.news.com.au/sponsored/21nie29tklzrjj28/the-clever-startup-that-is-doing-away-with-queuing-at-the-pharmacy/index.html
https://www.vic.gov.au/behavioural-insights
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475002100161X
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/vaccine.html

We wish you a happy solstice and holiday season, and look forward to bringing you more in the new year.

With love and thanks for your ongoing support,
Meg, Patrick, Woody and Zero