Pfizer Lawsuits: Zoloft / Neurontin Concealed Evidence: Suicide Risk/ Lack of Efficacy Mon, 26 Jul 2004 On July 23, 2004, a citizen’s consumer protection lawsuit was filed against Pfizer Pharmaceuticals for concealment of evidence and deceptive marketing of the antidepressant Zoloft. The California law firm of Baum Hedlund has filed…
Cong Hinchey Rebukes Daniel Troy, Chief Counsel FDA, for financial conflict of interest Tue, 13 Jul 2004 Daniel Troy, the FDA’s chief counsel, is under fire for his financial conflicts of interest and for perverting FDA’s mission “to ensure that the public is protected from unsafe food, drugs and other…
Public Ranks Drug Industry at Bottom With Oil, HMOs, Tobacco – Harris Poll Thu, 8 Jul 2004 The New York Times reports: “No industry has fallen as far or as fast in public esteem in recent years as the pharmaceutical industry, according to the Harris Poll.” The American public is…
Conflict of Interest: Profits vs Safety Congressional Investigations US Senators Pharmaceutical industry holdings, 2004: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/SenPharma.pdf Oct 12: How Did the Vioxx Debacle Happen? USA Today / Lancet Oct 4: Op Ed: Psychiatry on the Ropes–WP / Evidence-based Psychiatry Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT – Taken on Trust – 13 years-Medical…
Law Suits and Court Decisions Sep 15 2005: FDA Amicus Curiae–Kallas–claims FDA infallibility pre-empts state safety laws (warning: 1.6 MB file) Aug 6 2004: Psychiatrist Scolds the APA After Winning Distinguished Fellow Award/ NYC Sues 44 Pharma Companies Aug 5: Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star…
NYS AG Expands Pharmaceutical probe – Forest Labs Wed, 30 Jun 2004 The New York Times reports (below) that New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, is broadening his legal investigation. “Mr. Spitzer said in a speech on Monday to health care lawyers that he would continue to investigate how…
LA Times: NIH Dissident Scientists Hire Drug Industry Lawyers–Evidence of Journalistic Shilling Fri, 22 Apr 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner David Willman of the Los Angeles Times, whose investigative reporting first revealed the major covert conflicts of interest among top scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reports…
Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug – Star Ledger Thu, 5 Aug 2004 In the May 14, 2004, settlement of a lawsuit initiated by a whistleblower, Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal fraud in the promotion of Neurontin, and agreed to pay $430 million. https://ahrp.org/infomail/04/05/16.php A report in The…
Cong. Hinchey calls for ouster of FDA Counsel Sen. Bingaman & Reed tell FDA: disclose all trial info Thu, 15 Jul 2004 Wish I’d said that: “Having Daniel Troy as chief legal counsel of the FDA, is like placing John Gotti in charge of the Justice Department.” (Tom Woodward, whose…
Unlawful drug marketing: GlaxoSmithKline & 4,000 doctors Face Criminal Charges in Italy Mon, 7 Jun 2004 On March 25, 2004, the US Attorney in Pennsylvania commenced an investigation of Eli Lilly’s marketing promotion of Zyprexa (olanzapine), Prozac (fluoxetine) and Evista (raloxifene). On April 19, a class action lawsuit was filed…
Two Court Rulings Reject Pfizer-FDA Preemption Claim in Zoloft “failure to warn” cases Thu, 21 Jul 2005 In a stunning federal court order JAMES M. ROSENBAUM, US Chief District Judge in Minnesota, overturned FDA-supported pre-emption arguments in their entirety! “The FDA has no authority to declare, ipse dixit, that a…
TeenScreen – Angel of Mercy or Pill-Pusher for Drug Industry Thu, 14 Apr 2005 An investigative reporter has dug up the facts behind TeenScreen, the aggressive marketing scheme that targets America’s school children who are being “screened” for undetected mental problems – even though no accurate diagnostic screening tool for…
