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Post by QuestionHair1 on Dec 10, 2005 10:00:05 GMT -5
/\/ewsTarget Insider Alert (www.NewsTarget.com) Bringing you the inside story on topics that matter --------------------------------------------------------------- (Please forward to others who may benefit) The most important story hitting the headlines right now isn't one that we've published yet: it's the story about the New England Journal of Medicine accusing Merck of scientific fraud. According to the Journal, Merck selectively and knowingly deleted clinical data that showed Vioxx to be dangerous. This was done to hide the dangers of the drug. The New York Times covers the story quite well at: www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/business/08cnd-merck.htmlThe conspiracy of scientific fraud committed by Big Pharma is something that NewsTarget readers have known about for quite some time. It may be recent news to the rest of the world, but it's old news to us. I've covered Vioxx in great detail in previous articles: www.webseed.com/vioxx.htmlNote that if any other company committed such violations that ultimately lead to the deaths of over 60,000 Americans, there would be Dept. of Justice investigations and CEOs would go to jail. But watch this situation carefully: Merck will get off with another slap on the wrist, most likely. Because Big Pharma seems conveniently immune to the laws that govern the rest of the nation. Might makes right, it seems. - Mike ============= This is from an health news email list I am on - you can sign up above too - QH
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Post by J Jill on Dec 14, 2005 10:14:13 GMT -5
Good info Qh-thanks!
In all the articles about Vioxx, you read very little about the Meningitis caused by the drug.
I was taking it- about 1 1/2 years- and quit after reading about the (then) 13 cases of meningitis attributed to Vioxx.
Strange, isn't it? Meningitis caused by a drug?
Must be 'something' in certain people? Some pathogen? Doubtful that it's a genetic thing.
There was a TV special some months ago- a man within the pharma/gov system who blew the lid off the Vioxx scandal.
Thank the Good Lord for men such as him.
Few and far between. And probably unemployed.
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Post by slinker on Jan 5, 2006 4:23:58 GMT -5
The FDA should be reorganized and no longer have direct involvement with the pharmaceutical companies at all. It's just like lobbying: doctor the info in your favor and get your unholy poison administered to the masses as S.O.P.
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Post by slinker on May 21, 2007 23:19:35 GMT -5
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