Today the UCSF Industry Documents Library launched a complete redesign of the website that aligns with evolving institutional and user research needs and delivers a new and improved user experience. What’s new? Save the date – On Tuesday, September 9, 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT UCSF is hosting a live website open house and Q&AContinue reading “UCSF launches new improved Industry Documents Library”
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Register for free UCSF indusry documents workshop Oct 8
Registration is now open for the UCSF Annual Tobacco and Other Industry Documents Workshop. The workshop, which is a joint project of UCSF’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the UCSF Library will again be held virtually on October 8th from 9am-12:15pm Pacific Time. Participants will gain comprehensive knowledge of UCSF’s Industry DocumentsContinue reading “Register for free UCSF indusry documents workshop Oct 8”
Opioids: Internal Documents reveal Corporate Strategy, National Tragedy
A new article, “Corporate Strategy, National Tragedy” in UCSF Magazine details how Dorie Apollonio and her pharmacy students have been mining the UCSF Opioid Industry Documents Archive to understand how the drug companies worked behind the scene to create the opioid epidemic on their way to maximizing profits. In the process, it provides practical examplesContinue reading “Opioids: Internal Documents reveal Corporate Strategy, National Tragedy”
UC publishes oral history of Stanton Glantz: Putting Cardiovascular, Epidemiological, Economic, Political, and Policy Research into Action at UC San Francisco and Beyond
Today the Oral History Center at the University of California Bancroft Library published an oral history of my career, which is freely available to all. Beginning in elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio, the history follows me through college and gradual school. It discusses my work to develop the emergency protocols for the Apollo 5 missionContinue reading “UC publishes oral history of Stanton Glantz: Putting Cardiovascular, Epidemiological, Economic, Political, and Policy Research into Action at UC San Francisco and Beyond”
Free webinar and workshop to learn how to use previously secret opioid documents May 5
The UCSF-JHU Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) is holding a webinar and workshop, Exploring the Opioid Industry Documents: Research Communities, Educational Opportunities, and Community Data on May 5, 2023. This event will feature a webinar where scholars will discuss how they successfully used OIDA and other Industry Documents Library (IDL) collections. There will also beContinue reading “Free webinar and workshop to learn how to use previously secret opioid documents May 5”
772,876 more opioid industry internal documents released, this time on Insys’ fentanyl promotion
UCSF and Johns Hopkins have released another 772,876 internal industry documents in the Opioid Industry Documents Archive, bringing the total collection to over 2.3 million documents. These documents reveal how Insys Therapeutics promoted fentanyl by pushing on-label prescribing and paying doctors to promote their drug, laying the foundation for today’s fentanyl epidemic, including problems ofContinue reading “772,876 more opioid industry internal documents released, this time on Insys’ fentanyl promotion”
Opioid industry document library continues to grow, this time with documents from big pharmacies
Last week Today the University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University announced the addition of over 2,200 documents to the Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) that detail the role of retail pharmacies in the opioid epidemic. The release of these documents coincides with a report by STAT that explores individual and systemic failuresContinue reading “Opioid industry document library continues to grow, this time with documents from big pharmacies”
1.4 million opioid industry documents now public for all the read at UCSF
Fourteen state attorneys general, in collaboration with UCSF and Johns Hopkins University just made 1.4 million previously secret opioid documents (8.1 million pages) publicly available at the UCSF Industry Documents Library. The AGs’ statement is worth quoting in full because it is important not only as a model for future opioid settlements and document disclosures,Continue reading “1.4 million opioid industry documents now public for all the read at UCSF”
UCSF adds previously secret documents from McKinsey & Co to freely-available opioid industry documents archive
The UCSF/JHU Opoid Industry Document Archive just added 317 documents from McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm working with corporations and governments, including with major US opioid manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma as well as Endo Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson and Mallinckrodt. In February 2021, McKinsey reached a $573 million agreement with attorneys general in 47Continue reading “UCSF adds previously secret documents from McKinsey & Co to freely-available opioid industry documents archive”
How industry documents are made public matters: UCSF Library recommendations
An important aspect of the North Carolina Juul legal settlement as well as several of the opioid settlements have been provisions making the discovery documents public. As the tobacco experience richly demonstrates, these documents can educate the public, the media and policymakers and lead to positive change. An important technical detail is how the documentsContinue reading “How industry documents are made public matters: UCSF Library recommendations”
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