Trust the Evidence

Trust the Evidence

The TTE Week in Numbers (to May 3rd)

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Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson
May 05, 2024
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7.1%

As we have said, it’ll be back. Overall, SARS-CoV-2 positivity rose to 7.1%, compared with 4.6% the previous week. Just watch out—it won't be long before we hear the calls to mask up. 

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$15.3 billion 

Novo Nordisk becomes Europe's most valuable company as it raises profit forecast to £15.3bn due to Ozempic and Wegovy. 

To make it to the top of the Pharma pile, It’s quite a simple formula - Sell everyone too much food, then sell them drugs to lose the excess weight and ignore all the harm.   

But readers of TTE will be aware that you should be careful what you wish for.

We previously showed in a systematic review of 25 weight loss drugs approved between 1994 and 2003 that all were subsequently withdrawn, mainly because of psychiatric and/or cardiovascular adverse drug reactions - deaths were associated with seven products.

The Inevitable Harms of Weight Loss Drugs

The Inevitable Harms of Weight Loss Drugs

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62 

The number of trash invites Tom received in one week. 

Currently, 46,736 academic journals are published worldwide every year, a number that has grown by 29% over th…

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