One reader is skeptical about our report last time, which quoted Dr Roses from Glaxo as saying that most drugs don’t work. If we don’t quote a full reference, then why should anyone believe us, asks our reader. The report came from a well-publicised lead article in The Independent (a UK national newspaper) of December 8, written by its science editor Steve Connor. Connor says Roses made his comments at ‘a recent scientific meeting in London’.