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Cochrane Members for Change

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David Hammerstein
7 years ago

Cochrane members need to regenerate the organization with open democratic debate, the fight for scientific transparency and a decentralized collaborative organizational model based on open access, open data and much stricter limits on conflicts of interest. Generating the best robust evidence means being committed to new biomedical innovation models where new treatments and the evaluation of their safety and efficacy are driven solely by global public health needs and not by narrow commercial interests. For Cochrane this also means to be on the front lines of public health advocacy.

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An-Wen Chan
7 years ago

Canada

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Mark Jones
7 years ago

I support these 4 policies

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Gerd Antes
7 years ago

Great to see this happening! And overdue! Good to see Cochrane members to express their views.

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Lasse Krogsbøll
7 years ago

Cochrane member

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Paul Glasziou
7 years ago

Great principles. And I’d say the heart of cochrane was being able to provide health care workers with a summary of ALL controlled trials in their field, frequently updated. We’ve drifted a long way from ECPC, but Project Transform could have revived that idea.

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Milosz Jankowski
7 years ago

Cochrane member, Poland

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Chris Del Mar
7 years ago

this is such important stuff

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Kylie Thaler
7 years ago

Cochrane Austria

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Andreas Lundh
7 years ago

Denmark

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Maria B Ospina
7 years ago

Cochrane member. The current Cochrane "business" model is harming a genuine collaboration that thousands have built over decades. I strongly agree with these four major policy issues. Let's recover the legacy of Archie Cochrane. I dont think his goal was to make the collaboration the "largest KT organization in the world" as the CEO expressed in the last CGA. Without independent, transparent, and solid science behind the evidence, there is no room for good KT.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Cochrane member

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Stefan Sauerland
7 years ago

Professionalism in research must allow for academic freedom and diverging viewpoints.

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Larissa Shamseer
7 years ago

Great idea.

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Carole Lunny
7 years ago

I also support these values

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akhtar sherin
7 years ago

Dignity of Cochran must be restored. I support the proposed four points as key areas of development in Cochrane.

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Hannah Ewald
7 years ago

Cochrane member

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Lars Hemkens
7 years ago

Cochrane member

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Cordula Braun
7 years ago

Cochrane member

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Kay Dickersin
7 years ago

Good statement!