Foxy I think it is a bit tangential but you raise a lot of good points. My DS latched on at 30 weeks when still hooked up to all manner of things, and we did a lot of kangaroo care throughout his stay as did my DH. The hospietal encourage it all. I suspect that helped me to carry on BF now. It did not stop many hours of heatache about whether he would thrive, and for me at least the psycological support of having high calorie formula available was worth something, not a lot as I am bloody minded but something. The hospital was a big teaching hospityal with a level 1 NICU, and they knew their research. I do not know if any of this research was funded by Tommy's. But if it was I am grateful to it.
First world NICU don't help with BF, I was discharged on day 4 DS on day 53. It's a bit hard to BF a baby when you are sleeping in a different place to each other. However until we all pay a lot more in taxes this situation will continue. I was discharged as I had no medical needs. The ward was often closed because it was full. Babies were often moved from the NICU to other hospitals to make space for others who were more needy. If the hospital had more funding then maybe that would not have been necessary. But until we do all pay more tax to fund hospitals, midwives, nurses, equipment etc it is difficult to fund research. The thirs world developed Kangaroo care because it was the option they had. It was clearly vital in those countries. It is very beneficial in the UK.
It was the ventilator and the many medical professionals that knew how to save my DS life. If Tommy's helps with that brilliant. If they don't have enough funding from ethically acceptable sources then it isn't black and white that they should refuse aptamil.
Finally I completely understand why many many posters object to the logo on the website. But at least when you know where money comes from we can comment, and if necessary dispute any research or for that matter statements made by or funded by Aptamil much like we do with big tobacco and cancer.