Comber, Alexis

Alexis Borisy is a young CEO who combines approved drugs in order to find multi-targeted drug cocktails. He has been named Innovator of the Year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review Magazine and Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young New England, a consulting firm. His company CombinatoRx is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Biography:  https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt0506-485

68%

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Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

75%

Examples:

  • The article also mentions how investors have showered money into CombinatoRx since it was launched in 2000, which could be seen as an endorsement of the company's success and potential.
  • The article is biased towards the company and its CEO. The author uses language that portrays Alexis Borisy as a visionary who has found a new way to approach drug development.

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • The article also mentions that Borisy's onto a new concept and it'll take some time to digest, which could suggest that the author is not fully convinced by the company's approach.
  • The company combines existing drugs to make new ones which could be seen as a conflict of interest with traditional drug development methods.

Contradictions

65%

Examples:

  • The article also states that there was an increase of around 45% in wetlands coverage, but this is incorrect according to the study.
  • The article mentions that there is a doubling in total areal coverage of vegetation (111% ± 38%) which contradicts the study's findings.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article also states that there was an increase of around 45% in wetlands coverage, but this is incorrect according to the study.
  • The article mentions that there was a doubling in total areal coverage of vegetation (111% ± 38%) which contradicts the study's findings.

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