Litigation as an instrument for silencing whistleblowers, Peter Wilmshurst

Peter Wilmshurst at the Symposium about Scientific Freedom, Copenhagen, 9 March 2019.

Lecture: "Litigation as an instrument for silencing whistleblowers".

Dr. Peter Wilmshurst is an English consultant cardiologist who has demonstrated research misconduct and manipulation of scientific data by drug and medical device makers.

A number of lawsuits have been brought against him by these companies and he has had to fight for years in the UK courts to successfully defend himself.

He talks about the different ways of silencing whistleblowers and the "inequality of arms" (money, ressources and the slowness of the legal system).

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.