Brian Deer
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This article is about British journalist Brian Deer. For indigenous Canadian librarian A. Brian Deer and his work, see Brian Deer Classification System.
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Brian Deer at a Westminster Skeptics meeting
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Warwick |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Investigative reporting on medical issues and the pharmaceutical industry |
| Website | http://briandeer.com |
Brian Deer is a British investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine and social issues for the Sunday Times of London.
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Career
After graduating in philosophy from the University of Warwick, he became editor and press officer for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and was a member of The Leveller magazine collective. Subsequently he joined The Times, then The Sunday Times, first as a business news subeditor and then as a staff news reporter and feature writer.[1] In the 1980s, under Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil, he was the UK’s first social affairs correspondent,[2] and between 1990 and 1992 reported from the United States.
