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