Hayashi's Problem

“…*Treanor] told the BMJ that as far as hecould remember, the trial published in JAMAwas the only large study of oseltamivir hehad ever participated in. ...Channel 4 Newsput it to Roche that Professor Treanor saidthat he didn’t actually participate in studyM76001 and doesn’t remember presentingit a meeting in 2000. Dr David Reddy,Roche’s Global Pandemic Taskforce leader,said: “It’s not infrequent that you may havesomebody who authors but they don’tactually present it at a conference, itdepends upon their availability.” (D Cohen,BMJ 2009)Professor John Treanor