{"title":"Irkutsk: Russian lab death demands verification.","authors":"Ashish K Jha","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101145"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NICE rejects breast cancer drug over cost.","authors":"Rosa Furneaux","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101150"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical students: an untapped safety resource.","authors":"Inaya Haque, Erum A Khan","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101093"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin McKee, Trish Greenhalgh, Nicholas S Hopkinson
{"title":"Consultation must not weaken Leng review restrictions on physician assistant practice.","authors":"Martin McKee, Trish Greenhalgh, Nicholas S Hopkinson","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101140"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"US-UK drug pricing deal: National Audit Office is to investigate costs.","authors":"Tom Moberly","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101148"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can I reduce my anxiety about climate change?","authors":"Abi Rimmer","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101056"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149179375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alyssa Zhou, Madris Kinard, Sarah Tingley, Rita F Redberg
{"title":"Evaluation of the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of current summary reporting of adverse events to the Food and Drug Administration using the manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database: cross sectional study.","authors":"Alyssa Zhou, Madris Kinard, Sarah Tingley, Rita F Redberg","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-100812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-100812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the accuracy and completeness of adverse event summary reports for medical devices and compliance of the reports with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross sectional study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The FDA manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>All adverse event summary reports filed in MAUDE from July 2019 to June 2025.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Identification of device problem codes, appropriate identification as summary reports in the submission form, concordance between the number of events data field and the report narrative, and compliance with FDA reporting deadlines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>6308 summary reports were submitted to MAUDE containing 159 503 adverse events. Use of summary reports increased from 808 to 1757 between 2020 and 2024, a factor of 1.21 per year (P<0.001). Most (91%) adverse events in summary reports were for class 3 high risk devices. Summary reports lacked descriptions of potential device related problems: 57% of reports denoted an \"adverse event without identified device or use problem\" and 38% of reports selected \"insufficient information\" in the device problem code data field. Manufacturers incorrectly checked \"N\" (no) in the summary report (Y/N, reporting yes/no) field for 694 summary reports (11%) and erroneously listed \"n=1\" under the number of events field for 423 summary reports (7%), causing an undercount of 11 902 adverse events. The majority (55%) of summary reports failed to comply with the FDA reporting deadline of 30 days after the manufacturer became aware of the adverse event.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adverse event summary reports in MAUDE are frequently incomplete, inaccurate, and delayed. Improvements are needed to ensure timely identification of device safety signals and uphold FDA transparency standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e100812"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149179379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ketone test strip recall: Hospitals are told to prioritise patients most at risk.","authors":"Elisabeth Mahase","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101143"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149179344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Criminal Court is urged to investigate Israeli doctors' potential involvement in torture of Palestinians.","authors":"Elisabeth Mahase","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101138"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149179386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI bioweapons: how real is the threat?","authors":"Canqi Li","doi":"10.1136/bmj-2026-101086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2026-101086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9201,"journal":{"name":"BMJ : British Medical Journal","volume":"395 ","pages":"e101086"},"PeriodicalIF":55.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149179244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}