Intellectual property arguments in tobacco industry legal challenges: lessons from recently concluded cases by Suzanne Zhou

“…Country / measure / jurisdiction Australia - plain packaging (WTO dispute settlement system) Australia - plain packaging (High Court of Australia) Australia - plain packaging (investor-state arbitration) Uruguay - restrictions on brand variants and 80% graphic health warnings (investor-state arbitration) United Kingdom - standardised packaging (Court of Appeal of England and Wales) IP issues Obligation to provide certain trademark protections under TRIPS Protection of trademark as property under constitution Expropriation of trademark as investment under treaty; fair and equitable treatment re treatment of trademarks Expropriation of trademark as investment under treaty; fair and equitable treatment re treatment of trademarks Obligation to provide certain trademark protections under TRIPS and EU law; protection of trademark as property under European and UK law Decided in favour of Pending, reportedly Australia Australia, 2012 Australia, 2015 (dismissed at jurisdictional stage) Uruguay, 2016 United Kingdom, 2016 Positive right to use trademark? …”
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Impact of Intracoronary Imaging‐Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Procedural Outcomes Among Complex Patient Groups by Mohamed O. Mohamed, Tim Kinnaird, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Thomas W. Johnson, Sarah Zaman, Muhammad Rashid, Saadiq Moledina, Peter Ludman, Mamas A. Mamas

“…Methods and Results All PCI procedures performed in England and Wales between April, 2014 and March 31, 2020, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Prevention of suicide and reduction of self-harm among people with substance use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Prianka Padmanathan, Katherine Hall, Paul Moran, Hayley E. Jones, David Gunnell, Victoria Carlisle, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Matthew Hickman

“…In recent years the number of suicides resulting from drug poisoning in England and Wales has increased. We sought to identify and evaluate the effect of interventions to prevent suicide or reduce self-harm among people with SUD. …”
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Health-related quality of life and flourishing in current and former recreational and elite cricketers by Garrett S. Bullock, Gary S. Collins, Nick Peirce, Nigel K. Arden, Stephanie R. Filbay

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Patient outcomes following discharge from secure hospitals by Fiminska, Z

“…Mortality rates were lower in studies from England and Wales (crude rate=1,239, 95% CI 932-1,547) compared to other countries (2,331; 1,738-2,925). …”

Ursodeoxycholic acid versus placebo in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (PITCHES): a randomised controlled trial. by Chappell, L, Bell, J, Smith, A, Linsell, L, Juszczak, E, Dixon, P, Chambers, J, Hunter, R, Dorling, J, Williamson, C, Thornton, J, Pitches Study Group

“…</p> <p><strong>METHODS:</strong> We did a double-blind, multicentre, randomised placebo-controlled trial at 33 hospital maternity units in England and Wales. We recruited women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, who were aged 18 years or older and with a gestational age between 20 weeks and 40 weeks and 6 days, with a singleton or twin pregnancy and no known lethal fetal anomaly. …”

Datasets of Great Britain primary substations integrated with household heating information by Zhou, Y, Essayeh, C, Morstyn, T

“…The second dataset extends the main network dataset, linking each PS to the number of households that use different types of central heating recorded in census data (Census in year 2021 for England and Wales, and Census 2011 for Scotland as the up-to-date Census 2022 data is not fully released). …”

Community treatment orders for patients with psychosis (OCTET): a randomised controlled trial. by Burns, T, Rugkåsa, J, Molodynski, A, Dawson, J, Yeeles, K, Vazquez-Montes, M, Voysey, M, Sinclair, J, Priebe, S

“…Community treatment orders (CTOs) for psychiatric patients became available in England and Wales in 2008. We tested whether CTOs reduce admissions compared with use of Section 17 leave when patients in both groups receive equivalent levels of clinical contact but different lengths of compulsory supervision. …”

STOP— a training intervention to optimise treatment for smoking cessation in community pharmacies: cluster randomised controlled trial by Jumbe, S, Madurasinghe, VW, James, WY, Houlihan, C, Jumbe, SL, Yau, T, Tomini, F, Eldridge, S, Mihaylova, B, Steed, L, Sohanpal, R, Attar, D, Taylor, SJC, Griffiths, C, Walton, R

“…<br><br> <strong>Methods</strong><br> We randomised 60 pharmacies in England and Wales to the STOP intervention or usual practice in a pragmatic, parallel-group, controlled trial over 11 months. …”

Experiencing the French Revolution

“…Using a range of methodologies, including biographical studies of key individuals and groups, archival studies of structures and institutions, and new sources available from digital humanities archives, contributors provide: <br/> • new insights into the clandestine book trade of pre-revolutionary France, and the surprising effectiveness of Louis XVI’s state control<br/> • a reappraisal of Robespierre, whose opinions were shaped and transformed by years of upheaval<br/> • an exploration of how revolutionary situations inspired both dissent and discipline within the new citizen armies<br/> • an analysis of the revolutionary shockwaves felt beyond France, and how its currents were exploited for national political ends in Belgium, England and Wales. <br/><br/> David Andress, Introduction: Revolutionary historiography, adrift or at large? …”

Community treatment orders for patients with psychosis (OCTET): A randomised controlled trial by Burns, T, Rugkåsa, J, Yeeles, K, Vazquez-Montes, M, Voysey, M, Molodynski, A, Dawson, J, Sinclair, J, Priebe, S

“…Community treatment orders (CTOs) for psychiatric patients became available in England and Wales in 2008. We tested whether CTOs reduce admissions compared with use of Section 17 leave when patients in both groups receive equivalent levels of clinical contact but different lengths of compulsory supervision. …”

Development and validation of a blood biomarker score for predicting mortality risk in the general population by Jing Yang, Jiayi Lu, Junyan Miao, Jiacong Li, Meng Zhu, Juncheng Dai, Hongxia Ma, Guangfu Jin, Dong Hang

“…We developed sex-specific blood biomarker scores for predicting all-cause mortality risk in a training set of 247,503 participants from England and Wales, and validated the results in 19,736 participants from Scotland. …”
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Rescuing historical weather observations improves quantification of severe windstorm risks by E. Hawkins, P. Brohan, S. N. Burgess, S. Burt, G. P. Compo, G. P. Compo, S. L. Gray, I. D. Haigh, H. Hersbach, K. Kuijjer, O. Martínez-Alvarado, O. Martínez-Alvarado, C. McColl, C. McColl, A. P. Schurer, L. Slivinski, L. Slivinski, J. Williams

“…In some locations this storm produced stronger winds than any event during the modern period (1950–2015) and it is in the top-4 storms for strongest winds anywhere over land in England and Wales. As a result, estimates of risk from severe storms, based on modern period data, may need to be revised. …”
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Exposure to and colonisation by antibiotic-resistant E. coli in UK coastal water users: Environmental surveillance, exposure assessment, and epidemiological study (Beach Bum Survey... by Anne F.C. Leonard, Lihong Zhang, Andrew J. Balfour, Ruth Garside, Peter M. Hawkey, Aimee K. Murray, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, William H. Gaze

“…Methods: 97 bathing water samples from England and Wales were analysed for the proportion of E. coli harbouring blaCTX-M. …”
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Multiple trauma management in mountain environments - a scoping review by G. Sumann, D. Moens, B. Brink, M. Brodmann Maeder, M. Greene, M. Jacob, P. Koirala, K. Zafren, M. Ayala, M. Musi, K. Oshiro, A. Sheets, G. Strapazzon, D. Macias, P. Paal

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The older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) versus treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial by Katrina Forsyth, Roger T. Webb, Laura Archer Power, Richard Emsley, Jane Senior, Alistair Burns, David Challis, Adrian Hayes, Rachel Meacock, Elizabeth Walsh, Stuart Ware, Jenny Shaw

“…Abstract Background Older people are the fastest-growing demographic group among prisoners in England and Wales and they have complex health and social care needs. …”
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A spatial and temporal assessment of microplastics in seafloor sediments: A case study for the UK by Adil Bakir, Denise Doran, Briony Silburn, Josie Russell, Simeon Archer-Rand, Jon Barry, Thomas Maes, Caroline Limpenny, Claire Mason, Jon Barber, E.E. Manuel Nicolaus

“…This study presents the findings of a research and development project monitoring the occurrence and abundance of microplastics in UK seafloor sediments for the period 2013-2021, supporting the development of a national monitoring programme for microplastics in seafloor sediments for the UK (England and Wales). A fast-screening technique based on Nile Red staining of polymers coupled with µ-FTIR was applied and validated using µ-FTIR-FPA. …”
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Health comorbidities and cognitive abilities across the lifespan in Down syndrome by Carla M. Startin, Hana D’Souza, George Ball, Sarah Hamburg, Rosalyn Hithersay, Kate M. O. Hughes, Esha Massand, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Michael S. C. Thomas, LonDownS Consortium, Andre Strydom

“…Methods Detailed medical histories were collected and cognitive abilities measured using standardised tests for 602 individuals with DS from England and Wales (age range 3 months to 73 years). Differences in prevalence rates between age groups and between males and females were determined using chi-squared or Fisher’s exact tests. …”
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Trends in diagnosis and treatment for people with dementia in the UK from 2005 to 2015: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study by Katherine Donegan, PhD, Prof Nick Fox, MD, Prof Nick Black, MD, Gill Livingston, MD, Prof Sube Banerjee, MD, Prof Alistair Burns, MD

“…We examined the prevalence of dementia diagnosis and prescribing by calendar quarter, and stratified by age, sex, and UK country (England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland). We investigated the use of antidementia drugs, alone and in combination, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics. …”
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Risk Factors Associated With Primary Care–Reported Domestic Violence for Women Involved in Family Law Care Proceedings: Data Linkage Observational Study by Rhodri D Johnson, Lucy J Griffiths, Laura E Cowley, Karen Broadhurst, Rowena Bailey

“… BackgroundDomestic violence and abuse (DVA) has a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of children and families but is commonly underreported, with an estimated prevalence of 5.5% in England and Wales in 2020. DVA is more common in groups considered vulnerable, including those involved in public law family court proceedings; however, there is a lack of evidence regarding risk factors for DVA among those involved in the family justice system. …”
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