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The Lancet published the [[PACE trial]] results but has not released the data. A UK Tribunal has ordered the release of this data.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/09/06/uk-tribunal-orders-release-of-withheld-data/ UK: Tribunal Orders Release of Withheld Data]</ref>
The Lancet published the [[PACE trial]] results but has not released the data. A UK Tribunal has ordered the release of this data.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/09/06/uk-tribunal-orders-release-of-withheld-data/ UK: Tribunal Orders Release of Withheld Data]</ref>


In a radio interview, Dr. Horton "called the critics “a fairly small, but highly organized, very vocal and very damaging group of individuals who have, I would say, actually hijacked this agenda and distorted the debate so that it actually harms the overwhelming majority of patients.” He didn’t address the substance of the criticisms."<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/11/chronic_fatigue_pace_trial_is_flawed_should_be_reanalyzed.single.html Slate - Health and Science - By Julie Rehmeyer]</ref> As of September 6, 2016, 12,233 people signed the petition "Misleading PACE claims should be retracted"<ref>[https://my.meaction.net/petitions/pace-trial-needs-review-now Misleading PACE claims should be retracted - #MEAction]</ref> and the petition, when over 11,000 signatures, was delivered to The Lancet and made the Wall Street Journal.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/03/08/meaction-delivers-lancet-pace-petition-makes-wall-street-journal/ #MEAction delivers Lancet PACE petition, makes Wall Street Journal - MEAction]</ref>
In a radio interview, Dr. Horton "called the critics “a fairly small, but highly organized, very vocal and very damaging group of individuals who have, I would say, actually hijacked this agenda and distorted the debate so that it actually harms the overwhelming majority of patients.” He didn’t address the substance of the criticisms."<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/11/chronic_fatigue_pace_trial_is_flawed_should_be_reanalyzed.single.html Slate - Health and Science - By Julie Rehmeyer]</ref> As of September 6, 2016, 12,233 people signed the petition ''Misleading PACE claims should be retracted''<ref>[https://my.meaction.net/petitions/pace-trial-needs-review-now Misleading PACE claims should be retracted - #MEAction]</ref> and the petition, when over 11,000 signatures, was delivered to ''The Lancet'' and made the Wall Street Journal.<ref>[http://www.meaction.net/2016/03/08/meaction-delivers-lancet-pace-petition-makes-wall-street-journal/ #MEAction delivers Lancet PACE petition, makes ''Wall Street Journal'' - MEAction]</ref>


== Open letters to Richard Horton and/or The Lancet RE: PACE trial ==
== Open letters to Richard Horton and/or The Lancet RE: PACE trial ==

Revision as of 18:11, September 6, 2016

Richard Horton, FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci, is editor of The Lancet since 1990.[1][2]

Education[edit | edit source]

  • Qualified in physiology and medicine form the University of Birmingham.

Honorary professor and other honors[edit | edit source]

  • Honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Oslo
  • Honorary doctorates in medicine from the University of Birmingham, UK, and the Universities of Umea and Gothenburg in Sweden

Other academic positions[edit | edit source]

The World Health Organization lists the following:[3]

  • First President of the World Association of Medical Editors
  • Council member of both the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences and the University of Birmingham
  • Senior Associate of the UK health-policy think-tank, the Nuffield Trust
  • Foreign Associate of the US Institute of Medicine, elected 2011

PACE trial[edit | edit source]

The Lancet published the PACE trial results but has not released the data. A UK Tribunal has ordered the release of this data.[4]

In a radio interview, Dr. Horton "called the critics “a fairly small, but highly organized, very vocal and very damaging group of individuals who have, I would say, actually hijacked this agenda and distorted the debate so that it actually harms the overwhelming majority of patients.” He didn’t address the substance of the criticisms."[5] As of September 6, 2016, 12,233 people signed the petition Misleading PACE claims should be retracted[6] and the petition, when over 11,000 signatures, was delivered to The Lancet and made the Wall Street Journal.[7]

Open letters to Richard Horton and/or The Lancet RE: PACE trial[edit | edit source]

PACE trial headings will have Open letters from:

References[edit | edit source]