Statins - a case study in bias, data transparency & censorship, Maryanne Demasi

Maryanne Demasi at the Symposium about Scientific Freedom, Copenhagen, 9 March 2019.

Lecture: "Statins - a case study in bias, data transparency & censorship."

Dr Maryanne Demasi is an investigative journalist and TV producer/presenter with over 12 years experience in TV production.

Previously, she worked for Channel 7 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Australia.

She is a former medical scientist, completed a PhD in Rheumatology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia and also worked as a ministerial advisor/speechwriter for the South Australian Science Minister.

She was awarded the National Press Club of Australia prize in 2008, 2009 & 2011 for 'Excellence in Health Journalism'.

This lecture is part of the Symposium about Scientific Freedom and the inauguration of the Institute for Scientific Freedom, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 March 2019.

World renowned Danish scientist Peter C Gøtzsche is the founder of the institute.

The Institute’s primary area of focus is healthcare and the institute has three main visions:

- All science should strive to be free from financial conflicts of interest.

- All science should be published as soon as possible, and made freely accessible.

- All scientific data, including study protocols, should be freely accessible, allowing others to do their own analyses.