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Title: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: Bindare_Dundat on July 15, 2009, 12:12:19 AM

AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be "neutralised" or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced.

Staff at US company Merck &Co emailed each other about the list of doctors - mainly researchers and academics - who had been negative about the drug Vioxx or Merck and a recommended course of action.

The email, which came out in the Federal Court in Melbourne yesterday as part of a class action against the drug company, included the words "neutralise", "neutralised" or "discredit" against some of the doctors' names.

It is also alleged the company used intimidation tactics against critical researchers, including dropping hints it would stop funding to institutions and claims it interfered with academic appointments.

"We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live," a Merck employee wrote, according to an email excerpt read to the court by Julian Burnside QC, acting for the plaintiff

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25272600-2702,00.html

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: Hugo Chavez on July 15, 2009, 01:01:19 AM

pure evil

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: GigantorX on July 15, 2009, 07:49:05 AM

Horrible.

Def. not out for the public good in these cases.

Sadly, this is how the pharma. companies operate and it's how the industry goes.

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 08:12:27 AM

Capitalism at its finest.

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: Kazan on July 15, 2009, 08:30:23 AM

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 08:12:27 AM

Capitalism at its finest.

If you hate capitalism and America so much why don't you go live somewhere more to your liking? You see no one if forcing you to stay.

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 08:59:45 AM

Quote from: Kazan on July 15, 2009, 08:30:23 AM

If you hate capitalism and America so much why don't you go live somewhere more to your liking? You see no one if forcing you to stay.

I don`t hate Capitalism at all.  I support it.  I hate unabashed Capitalism.  Serious question, Do you think Norwegians, the French, the Germans hate Capitalism?

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 15, 2009, 09:43:06 AM

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 08:59:45 AM

I don`t hate Capitalism at all.  I support it.  I hate unabashed Capitalism.  Serious question, Do you think Norwegians, the French, the Germans hate Capitalism?

We dont have captilism anymore.  We have government/corporate fascism right now.   

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 09:51:06 AM

Quote from: 333386 on July 15, 2009, 09:43:06 AM

We dont have captilism anymore.  We have government/corporate fascism right now.   

I agree.  I still don`t know how anyone fell for requiring citizens to purchase car insurance.  Who thinks that is a good idea?


The healthcare reform is a joke in my opinion and should be a single payer system with no requirement to purchase anything unless you want private insurance.

Title: Re: Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 15, 2009, 09:55:05 AM

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 15, 2009, 09:51:06 AM

I agree.  I still don`t know how anyone fell for requiring citizens to purchase car insurance.  Who thinks that is a good idea?


The healthcare reform is a joke in my opinion and should be a single payer system with no requirement to purchase anything unless you want private insurance.

Individuals are going to be required to pay 2.5% of their income if they dont have insurance. 

Is the "land of the free"?