Wakefield's action against BMJ dismissed
7th August 2012
By Sarah Colyer
Disgraced researcher Andrew Wakefield’s libel action against the BMJ has been thrown out before it reached first base.
Mr Wakefield, who sparked a worldwide scare over the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in 1998 by authoring research falsely linking it with autism, was suing the BMJ in a Texas court for its coverage of his research.
Mr Wakefield, who moved to Texas after being struck off the UK medical register, claimed a number of articles published by the BMJ accused him of “intentionally and knowingly
