Hundreds of thousands of patients have been exposed to potential harm in clinical trials whose results have yet to be published nearly five years after they were completed. Read more
Negotiations over a proposal to regulate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer came up short in Bangkok this week. Read more
The UK’s Environment Agency is to slash its staffing numbers, raising fears that its ability to function will be compromised. Read more
Around 3 million people who were infected with tuberculosis in 2012 were not picked up by global health systems, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. In addition, the testing and treatment of patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease are inadequate, according to the body’s 2013 Global Tuberculosis Report, published today. Read more
A website that gave out more than $50,000 in cash prizes to visitors who suggested uses for patented research discoveries is changing tack, after a score of prize-winning ideas got nowhere. Read more
Researchers and activists campaigning for reforms to Europe’s fisheries saw their worst-case scenario avoided in a vote in the EU Parliament today. However some of a multibillion-euro fund for supporting fishing will still go to activities they claim are damaging and retrograde. Read more
An immunologist accused last year by the National University of Singapore (NUS) of “serious scientific misconduct” relating to 21 research papers says he refutes the accusations, and is calling on the university to make public its report into the matter. Read more
The drug industry’s opposition to greater access to clinical trial data is misplaced, four senior figures in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said today. Read more
Just another talking club or a genuine attempt to give science more weight in policy matters of global importance? Time will tell if the United Nations’ newly created Scientific Advisory Board whose members were announced last week, will indeed influence the business of international policy-making in practice. Read more
The US government is set to resume full operations after lawmakers approved new temporary spending legislation on 16 October. Read more
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