May 2021 - Time for transparency

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) review the May issue of DTB. In light of the "First do no harm" report, the editorial discusses the need for a mandatory register of payments made by pharmaceutical and medical device companies to healthcare professionals, healthcare organisations and patient support organisations (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/5/66). The editors talk about the BTS guideline on long-term use of macrolides (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/5/67). The main article explores the use of CAR T-cell therapy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/5/73) and the case report is of a patient who developed quinidine hypersensitivity (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/59/5/77). Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.