This month we have some more feedback from our listeners (2.20)

Carl says it's time to start smoking cessation (or stop the reduction in funding for smoking reduction) (11.40) and marvels at how pretty Richard Doll's seminal smoking paper is.

It's gloves off for infection control (22.20)

Andrew George, a non-executive director of the Health Research Authority joins us to talk about their consultation on research transparency, and explains how you can get involved (27.04)

And we talk about a new tool for rating the transparency of pharma companies (37.40)

Reading list:

Impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on global cigarette consumption
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2287

Sixty seconds on . . . gloves off
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4498

HRA transparency consultation
https://www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/consultations/make-it-public/our-vision-research-transparency/

Sharing of clinical trial data and results reporting practices among large pharmaceutical companies
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4217