The following is an article published in Pharmaceutical Marketing I co-wrote in 2002. I can’t remember exactly how my colleague and I came to write it, but I think I was asked because of my membership of a working group on safety and pharmaceutical packaging. I thought it might be of some interest here.
Cox [...]
The sad news of the death of an experienced hillwalker on Scafell, after slipping on ice near the notorious Broad Stand, reminds me of Edward Whymper’s quote:
“There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell; and with these in mind I [...]
I have just been surprised to hear the audience of Question Time clap Clive James. He said that totalitarian regimes should not be supported in their attempts to gain international leadership. How refreshing to hear the audience applaud such views. His comments came in a discussion about possible boycotts of China over the issue of [...]
I’m quoted in this article at The Pharmaceutical Journal in relation to general practitioner reporting.
“It is really important that we don’t lose the bedrock of GPs because they have the most intense relationships with patients,†said Anthony Cox, a pharmacovigilance pharmacist for the West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reactions.
“There has been a slight dip [...]
This morning, with some trepidation, I underwent my PhD viva. It was an interesting process. In fact, it was, against my expectations, an enjoyable process. I passed, with no corrections. The summer can be enjoyed.
I am quoted in tomorrow’s BMJ in an article entitled Most doctors still don’t report adverse reactions to drugs. My comments were made at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency conference in Birmingham this Monday.
Anthony Cox, a pharmacist at the West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reactions, studied what motivates a GP to report [...]
Since a copy of the paper examining the 1999 Wakefield graph was published on this site, it has been the subject of debate on the leading UK anti-vaccination website JABS. One particular thread, which the JABS admin eventually deleted presumably out of embarrassment for one of their most committed activists, said this:
As a renowned expert [...]
It has been sometime since I have posted a Nail in Bodies story. Here’s a fascinating case report.
44-year-old man presented to his local emergency department wearing a baseball cap and complaining of headaches that had progressively worsened over the preceding 11 weeks. After we provided generous analgesia and performed simple investigations that failed to identify [...]
Rob Hinkley is safe and well, after his homeopathic challenge.