The extraordinary glow

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

At the beginning of 2003, the Journal of Health Economics published a paper of great importance in public policy by DiMasi, Hansen, and Grabowski (referred to hereafter as “DHG 2003”). The paper is based primarily on confidential, proprietary data supplied by pharmaceutical companies to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, a research center that receives significant unrestricted ...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

We thank Light and Warburton (2005) [hereafter LW] for providing a context for us to further discuss and clarify our studies on the cost of new drug development (DiMasi et al., 2003 [hereafter DHG]; DiMasi et al., 1991b [hereafter DHGL]; Hansen, 1979). We disagree, however, with their analyses, comparators, and conclusions. Although LW suggest, through the invocation of selected reported cost f...

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The Healthy Glow of Carrots

We have probably all heard that carrots are good for our health, particularly for our eye health. This is primarily due to the very high levels of vitamin A and its natural precursor, beta-carotene, in carrots. In fact, a single cup of carrots has been reported to provide over 650% of our daily needs for vitamin A, which is simply amazing. In addition to being rich in vitamin A, carrots are a v...

Glow Clustering

We introduce Glow Clustering, a clustering technique inspired by the physics of light and the images of spiral galaxies. We discuss the genesis, design, and implementation of Glow Clustering. We evaluate Glow Clustering on test datasets and a well-known standard dataset. Finally, we attempt to describe the characteristics of Glow Clustering, giving some insight into the context of use where Glo...