Both Brown and Raphael studied under Frank Furedi at the University of Kent, before working for the PR firm Regester Larkin, [26] which defends companies such as the biotech giants Aventis CropScience, Bayer and Pfizer against consumer and environmental campaigners. [27] Brown's address is shared by Adam Burgess, also a contributor to LM. LM's health writer, Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, is a trustee of