39. Vinay Prasad Wants to Flip Your Vote (about medicine)

<p class="p1">Vinay Prasad pulls no punches in this wide ranging conversation about the realities (and delusions) about chemotherapy research, principle centered social media engagement, flipping votes, the FDA drug approval process, the importance of early palliative care, the dangers of embellishing therapeutic benefit, medical reversals, effective vs efficacious, and trade offs in decision making. </p> <p class="p1">Listen on:</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stimulus/id1501107371"><span class="s1"> <strong>iTunes</strong></span></a></li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0w6oFNiT8P1kPWyivim0G0"><span class= "s1"><strong>Spotify</strong></span></a></li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stimulus"><span class= "s1"><strong>Stitcher</strong></span></a></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>Guest Bio:</strong> <a href= "https://www.vinayakkprasad.com/"><span class="s2">Dr Vinay Prasad</span></a> is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco.  He studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials and better decision making. He is author of <a href= "http://www.vinayakkprasad.com/papers"><span class="s2">over 250 academic articles</span></a>, and the books <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Ending-Medical-Reversal-Improving-Outcomes/dp/1421417723/"> <span class="s2"><em>Ending Medical Reversal</em></span></a> (2015), and <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635/"> <span class="s2"><em>Malignant</em></span></a> (2020).  He hosts the oncology podcast <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/plenarysession"><span class="s2">Plenary Session</span></a>. Follow Vinay on <a href= "https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH"><span class= "s2">Twitter</span></a>.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Episode Sponsors</strong>: </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Today’s episode is sponsored by</strong> <a href=