When One's Suspicions Prove True: Ten on U.S. Pain Pill Panel Had Industry Ties

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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:36:13 -0500

 

 

When One's Suspicions Prove True: Ten on U.S. Pain Pill Panel

Had Industry Ties -- NYT

 

 

 

Dear Folks,

 

 

 

Last week, I posted my objections to the drugs Vioxx, Celebrex and

Bextra being put back on the market with this headline, " FDA Panel:

Vioxx Should Be Available Despite Risks " , in that post I attributed

this move because drug companies have far too much influence over this

agency because they were a major contributors to the Bush/Cheney

campaign as well as other GOP candidates. I even wrote my

representatives of my outrage for putting these drugs back on the

market. Now I read the article below and it backs up what I had felt

all along. They say these advisors who have consulted for various

drug companies did not use undue influence, but again, my feelings are

that they did. Under this administration and agency, our health means

nothing and the health of drug companies means everything!

 

 

 

Mary!

 

 

 

Ten on U.S. Pain Pill Panel Had Industry Ties -- NYT

 

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ten of the 32 government drug advisers who

supported the continued marketing of the pain relievers Celebrex,

Bextra and Vioxx have consulted in recent years for the drugs' makers,

the New York Times reported on Friday.

 

 

 

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