Dr. Aseem Malhotra

and to say that we should have a joint campaign with the BMJ. So I then wrote a paper, I was lead author, I had the chairman of the general medical council, the chairman of the medical colleges on that co-author paper to say, okay, this is a campaign we can get and change medical education, change postgraduate medical ed training, And we got that it's in the media.

and to say that we should have a joint campaign with the BMJ. So I then wrote a paper, I was lead author, I had the chairman of the general medical council, the chairman of the medical colleges on that co-author paper to say, okay, this is a campaign we can get and change medical education, change postgraduate medical ed training, And we got that it's in the media.

and to say that we should have a joint campaign with the BMJ. So I then wrote a paper, I was lead author, I had the chairman of the general medical council, the chairman of the medical colleges on that co-author paper to say, okay, this is a campaign we can get and change medical education, change postgraduate medical ed training, And we got that it's in the media.

It was a big news story, BBC, all of the news, front page of British newspapers. Campaigns obviously need to be sustained. But what happened is, of course, if you engage in true informed consent with patients, most patients will choose less treatments. Now, who's going to suffer from that? The drug industry. In my view, it's very clear. It's not a conspiracy. This is clearly how they do business.

It was a big news story, BBC, all of the news, front page of British newspapers. Campaigns obviously need to be sustained. But what happened is, of course, if you engage in true informed consent with patients, most patients will choose less treatments. Now, who's going to suffer from that? The drug industry. In my view, it's very clear. It's not a conspiracy. This is clearly how they do business.

It was a big news story, BBC, all of the news, front page of British newspapers. Campaigns obviously need to be sustained. But what happened is, of course, if you engage in true informed consent with patients, most patients will choose less treatments. Now, who's going to suffer from that? The drug industry. In my view, it's very clear. It's not a conspiracy. This is clearly how they do business.

And this is what they want to do is they want to They engage in a tactic called opposition fragmentation. Anyone that threatens their bottom line, they will do smearing. They will do all these things behind the scenes. There's a whole documented history of this.

And this is what they want to do is they want to They engage in a tactic called opposition fragmentation. Anyone that threatens their bottom line, they will do smearing. They will do all these things behind the scenes. There's a whole documented history of this.

And this is what they want to do is they want to They engage in a tactic called opposition fragmentation. Anyone that threatens their bottom line, they will do smearing. They will do all these things behind the scenes. There's a whole documented history of this.

It is. Well, no. So actually, in a way it is, although you've got to grow a thick skin, right? Because, you know, one of the lessons in public health advocacy done by, written a great paper, written by Simon Chapman, who took on big tobacco in Australia and talks about his 38-year career and taking on big tobacco. He says, as soon as your work threatens an industry,

It is. Well, no. So actually, in a way it is, although you've got to grow a thick skin, right? Because, you know, one of the lessons in public health advocacy done by, written a great paper, written by Simon Chapman, who took on big tobacco in Australia and talks about his 38-year career and taking on big tobacco. He says, as soon as your work threatens an industry,

It is. Well, no. So actually, in a way it is, although you've got to grow a thick skin, right? Because, you know, one of the lessons in public health advocacy done by, written a great paper, written by Simon Chapman, who took on big tobacco in Australia and talks about his 38-year career and taking on big tobacco. He says, as soon as your work threatens an industry,

or an ideological cabal, because also about this about mind, it's not just about money, it's about indoctrination in the brain, right? As soon as your work threatens an industry or an ideological cabal, you will be attacked, sometimes unrelentingly and viciously. So you have to grow a rhinoceros hide. Yeah.

or an ideological cabal, because also about this about mind, it's not just about money, it's about indoctrination in the brain, right? As soon as your work threatens an industry or an ideological cabal, you will be attacked, sometimes unrelentingly and viciously. So you have to grow a rhinoceros hide. Yeah.

or an ideological cabal, because also about this about mind, it's not just about money, it's about indoctrination in the brain, right? As soon as your work threatens an industry or an ideological cabal, you will be attacked, sometimes unrelentingly and viciously. So you have to grow a rhinoceros hide. Yeah.

So for me, what happened after that is there was I kept pushing this this message, but they then Behind the scenes, Royal College of Physicians, I think, funded by pharma, some scientists funded by pharma, started making complaints to the Academy of Medical Colleges, where I was one of their ambassadors for seven years, right? To say, this guy's got his own agenda.

So for me, what happened after that is there was I kept pushing this this message, but they then Behind the scenes, Royal College of Physicians, I think, funded by pharma, some scientists funded by pharma, started making complaints to the Academy of Medical Colleges, where I was one of their ambassadors for seven years, right? To say, this guy's got his own agenda.

So for me, what happened after that is there was I kept pushing this this message, but they then Behind the scenes, Royal College of Physicians, I think, funded by pharma, some scientists funded by pharma, started making complaints to the Academy of Medical Colleges, where I was one of their ambassadors for seven years, right? To say, this guy's got his own agenda.

He's exploiting people for his own agenda. He's trying to make money off all nonsense. And that was so relentless. that they then, in 2018, I got an email from the new chair of the Royal Colleges saying that the campaign that I had started or was, that they had took on and instigated, that I was no longer part of that because of stuff that I apparently said publicly on statins.

He's exploiting people for his own agenda. He's trying to make money off all nonsense. And that was so relentless. that they then, in 2018, I got an email from the new chair of the Royal Colleges saying that the campaign that I had started or was, that they had took on and instigated, that I was no longer part of that because of stuff that I apparently said publicly on statins.