Peter C Gotzsche

Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-83, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. With about 80 others, he co-founded the Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 (the founder is Sir Iain Chalmers), and established the Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and...See more

Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-83, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. With about 80 others, he co-founded the Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 (the founder is Sir Iain Chalmers), and established the Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen and has been a member of the Cochrane Governing Board twice. He now works freelance. Became visiting Professor, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University in 2019. Founded the Institute for Scientific Freedom in 2019.Gøtzsche has published more than 75 papers in "the big five" (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and New England Journal of Medicine) and his scientific works have been cited over 150,000 times. His most recent books are: -Vaccines: truth, lies and controversy (2020). -Survival in an overmedicated world: look up the evidence yourself (2019).-Death of a whistleblower and Cochrane's moral collapse (2019).-Deadly psychiatry and organised denial (2015).-Deadly medicines and organised crime: How big pharma has corrupted health care (2013) (Winner, British Medical Association's Annual Book Award in the category Basis of Medicine in 2014).-Mammography screening: truth, lies and controversy (2012) (Winner of the Prescrire Prize 2012).-Rational diagnosis and treatment: evidence-based clinical decision-making (2007).Five of these books have appeared in multiple languages, see deadlymedicines.dk.Gøtzsche has given numerous interviews, one of which, about organised crime in the drug industry, has been seen over 400,000 times on YouTube: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=dozpAshvtsA. Gøtzsche was in The Daily Show in New York on 16 Sept 2014 where he played the role of Deep Throat revealing secrets about Big Pharma. A documentary film about his reform work in psychiatry, Diagnosing Psychiatry https: //diagnosingpsychiatry.com/filmen/ appeared in 2017.Gøtzsche has an interest in statistics and research methodology. He has co-authored the following guidelines for good reporting of research: -CONSORT for randomized trials (www.consort-statement.org), -STROBE for observational studies (www.strobe-statement.org), -PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (www.prisma-statement.org), and-SPIRIT for trial protocols (www.spirit-statement.org). Gøtzsche is Protector for the Hearing Voices Network in Denmark.Websites: scientificfreedom.dk and deadlymedicines.dkTwitter: @PGtzsche1 See less