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Lancets Role To Discredit MMR Concerns Slammed
Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor in Chief, says the UK has consistently failed to take research misconduct seriously. She calls on the UK government to establish mandatory oversight of clinical research integrity within the NHS, as happens for publicly funded research in the USA.
In the third and final part of a special BMJ series, Secrets of the MMR scare, investigative journalist Brian Deer reveals how the medical establishment closed ranks to protect Wakefield after he raised concerns with the Lancet in 2004.
Deers allegations included possible research fraud, unethical treatment of vulnerable children, and Wakefields conflict of interest through his involvement with a lawsuit against vaccine manufacturers.
Deer thought the editor, Richard Horton, would say that an investigation was needed. Instead he reports that within 48 hours, and working with the papers three senior authors, the journal was to publish 5000 words of denials, in statements, unretracted to this day.
The statements said that an investigation was undertaken by the Royal Free Hospital that cleared Wakefield of wrongdoing.
But documents, emails, and replies obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal no formal investigation. What emerges is merely a scramble to discredit my claims during the 48 hours after I disclosed the information, writes Deer. In short, the accused were investigating themselves.
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