Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Impure Politics and Pure Science: Efficacious Ebola Medications Are Only a Palliation and Not a Cure for Structural Disadvantage
Published 2015-04-09Caplan and colleagues (2015) present a strong argument for using alternative trial designs for experimental treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD). This argument is, of course, not new. There is a significant body of ...Open AccessArticle -
The future of conference posters: ‘hipster and geek!’
Published 2015-04-01What problems were addressed? Our abstract for a workshop at a national general practitioner (GP) conference was accepted … in the form of a poster! How could a workshop designed as a focus group, intended to provide a ...Open AccessArticle -
Access to new cancer medicines in Australia: dispelling the myths and informing a public debate
Published 2016-01-01Despite the high level of spending on cancer medicines in Australia, consumer organisations and the pharmaceutical industry often make claims of delayed or lack of access to new cancer medicines—claims that are frequently ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Affordable access to innovative cancer medicines — don’t forget the prices
Published 2016-01-01On 17 September 2015, the much anticipated Senate report on the and specialist cancer drugs in Australia Availability of new, innovative was released.1 The inquiry preceding the report, which was triggered by concerns about ...Open AccessArticle -
Towards a bioethics of innovation
Published 2016-03-01In recent years, it has become almost axiomatic that biomedical research and clinical practice should be ‘innovative’—that is, that they should be always evolving and directed towards the production, translation and ...Open AccessArticle