Commission on Pseudoscience
Russian scientific organisation
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| 2019 | The Commission on Pseudoscience publicly criticized Roscosmos' cooperation with agricultural engineer Vladimir Leonov, who claimed to have developed a 'quantum engine' prototype. Notable space technology experts like Oleg Baklanov, Mikhail Sautin, and Alexander Kubasov were involved in testing this unproven invention. |
| 2018 | Materia Medica, owned by RAS Corresponding Member Oleg Epstein, experienced a significant profit reduction of 500 million rubles, from 1.9 to 1.4 billion rubles. |
| December 2018 | The commission was divided into two separate advisory bodies: the Commission on Pseudoscience and the Commission on Falsification of Scientific Research, with a total of 74 members. The new commissions included more diverse disciplinary representation. |
| June 2018 | By mid-2018, Russian pharmacies sold 500,000 fewer packs of homeopathic medicines compared to the same period in 2017, potentially influenced by the commission's memorandum. |
| 2017 | Materia Medica Holding received a special Anti-Prize at the annual 'For Loyalty to Science' competition for its homeopathic medicine production. |
| 2017 | The Commission on Pseudoscience issued a second memorandum titled 'Homeopathy as Pseudoscience', critically analyzing homeopathy and recommending its removal from state clinics and pharmaceutical practices. |
| 2017 | Denis Roshchin, co-author of the homeopathy memorandum, was fired from the Central Research Institute of Organization and Informatization of Health Care the day after the memorandum's publication. |
| June 28 2016 | The fourth composition of the commission was approved by Decree No. 160 of the Presidium of the RAS, expanding to 59 members with a focus on including more biomedical specialists. |
| February 26 2013 | The third composition of the commission was approved by Decree No. 42 of the Presidium of the RAS. |
| 2012 | Eduard Kruglyakov died, and physicist Eugene Alexandrov became the new chairman of the Commission on Pseudoscience. |
| 2010 | An expert group at RAS is created to investigate Petrik filters, which ultimately determines the filters are dangerous to health. The 'Petrikgate' scandal destroys Petrik's reputation, and the filters are excluded from the Clean Water programme. |
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