Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11008
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Publication type: Journal Article
Dyer C.
Doctor ordered to pay 300,000 pounds sterling in libel damages.
BMJ 2007 Jul 21; 335:(7611):119
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7611/119
Abstract:
A company that investigates research fraud on behalf of the drug industry as well as its chief executive and former medical adviser have been awarded libel damages of £300 000 (445 000; $615 000) against a doctor who is currently facing serious charges before the General Medical Council of research misconduct and dishonesty.
Tonmoy Sharma, a former senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, was ordered by the High Court in London to pay the damages, together with costs, to MedicoLegal Investigations (MLI), its chief executive, Peter Jay, and the retired medical adviser Frank Wells.
Dr Sharma conducted a number of trials for major drug companies in the late 1990s and built up an international reputation before MLI was called in to investigate after several sponsors grew suspicious about his work. The material gathered by MLI led to the GMC proceedings.
The GMC accuses him of having . . .
Keywords:
Publication Types:
News
MeSH Terms:
Compensation and Redress*
Drug Industry/economics
Drug Industry/legislation & jurisprudence*
Great Britain
Liability, Legal
Malpractice/economics
Malpractice/legislation & jurisprudence*
Psychiatry/economics
Psychiatry/legislation & jurisprudence*
