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If the FDA were truly a servant of the people and not of the pharmaceutical companies, no drug would ever be approved for human consumption. The nation would not suffer the diseases or the financial burden caused by these vile products. The drug companies would suffer: but the American people would flourish.
1. Former F.D.A. Chief Is Charged
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/washington/17fda.html?_r=2&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1198558643-q+r2p3r4C6Tqy7r//IyExw
4. USA Today reports that last year
the pharmaceutical industry "faced the most product liability lawsuits of any other
industry"-17, 027 suits more than all other industries with significant liability
suits combined: 3,236 (Manufacturing)
The fact that FDA does not prevent lethal drugs from being brought to market and that FDA
allows such drugs to be aggressively advertised-even when their deadly effects are known
to the FDA-have resulted in such lethal drugs to become the most profitable blockbusters.
The profitability of lethal drugs has encouraged companies to market toxic drugs.
The fact is the profits far outweigh the cost of defending against product liability law
suits.
One also notices the high rate of recidivism among the companies that are repeatedly found
in violation of federal and state laws-nothing is done to stop the (at times) criminal
violations. Why is this industry given so much privilege when its modus operandi cause
preventable deaths and injury?
Dr. Aubrey Blumsohn, who blew the whistle on the misrepresentation of clinical trial data
from Proctor & Gamble's osteoporosis drug, Actonel, has created an internet blog
posting documents not usually seen by the public:
http://www.scientif
6. Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled
The Associated Press
Thursday 13 July 2006
Chicago - For the second time in two months, The Journal
of the American Medical Association says it was misled by
researchers who failed to reveal financial ties to drug companies.
http://www.truthout
7. Ten of the 32 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug advisers whose total votes favored the controversial painkillers Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx had financial ties to the industry. According to public records and disclosures in medical journals, the 10 advisors had recently consulted with the drugs makers. (Mercola Newsletter)
8. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. investigates
the government cover-up of a mercury/autism scandal
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7395411/deadly_immunity/
10. Who Decides What Drugs Are Forced on Children?
11. Autism parents allege CDC cover-up.
http://hill6.thehill.com/the-executive/autism-parents-allege-cdc-cover-up-2006-04-06.html
12. A survey of medical experts who write
guidelines for treating conditions like heart disease, depression and diabetes has found
that nearly 9 out of 10 have financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry, and the ties
are almost never disclosed. SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E0DA1E3DF935A35751C0A9649C8B63