A Senate Bill To Unseal Secret Pharma Documents

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A Senate Bill To Unseal Secret Pharma Documents

posted on

May 24, 2011 by The

Refusers

‘We sought a reaction from Egilman, an expert witness in

litigation filed against drugmakers and a clinical associate professor in

the department of family medicine at Brown University, who leaked the

Zyprexa documents. Here is what he said: “What’s sealed is often critical

public health information that, when revealed, saved lives and could save

lives in the future. The conduct of pharmaceutical companies has clearly

not been changed by anything that’s happened. It’s never been clear to

me, at all, why any of the information claimed as a trade secret is a

trade secret. The drugs are patented. The method of making the drugs are

also often patented, and thus are in the public domain. So the main

things they claim as trade secrets are medical information that shows the

companies know the drugs harm people and don’t want people to know. While

it may hurt their business, the fact that the same information may be

hurting patients using their drug or devices should take priority over

their trade secrets.

“The other documents show how they conduct off label marketing, which is

illegal, and induce the use of their drugs by paying bribes and

kickbacks. These are not legitimate trade secrets in that all of the

companies are aware of these methods and many of them use the same

methods. Many made settlements or pled guilty to off-lablel marketing, so

it’s hard to argue such methods are trade secrets, since these are well

known to the industry.

“Essentially, they’re claiming the specific methods they use to lie,

cheat or steal, are trade secrets, since the drugs and health studies

they use to support their methods are public information. For example,

many companies pled guilty to misrepresenting the benefits of their

drugs. Those are lies. Many companies have been caught cheating in their

marketing. And many companies have been caught stealing by overcharging

federal and state entities for their drugs. It’s akin to a bank robber

claiming that his technique for cracking locks on safes is a trade

secret.”

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/a-senate-bill-to-unseal-secret-pharma-documents/

A Senate Bill To Unseal Secret Pharma Documents

posted on

May 24, 2011 by The

Refusers

‘We sought a reaction from Egilman, an expert witness in

litigation filed against drugmakers and a clinical associate professor in

the department of family medicine at Brown University, who leaked the

Zyprexa documents. Here is what he said: “What’s sealed is often critical

public health information that, when revealed, saved lives and could save

lives in the future. The conduct of pharmaceutical companies has clearly

not been changed by anything that’s happened. It’s never been clear to

me, at all, why any of the information claimed as a trade secret is a

trade secret. The drugs are patented. The method of making the drugs are

also often patented, and thus are in the public domain. So the main

things they claim as trade secrets are medical information that shows the

companies know the drugs harm people and don’t want people to know. While

it may hurt their business, the fact that the same information may be

hurting patients using their drug or devices should take priority over

their trade secrets.

“The other documents show how they conduct off label marketing, which is

illegal, and induce the use of their drugs by paying bribes and

kickbacks. These are not legitimate trade secrets in that all of the

companies are aware of these methods and many of them use the same

methods. Many made settlements or pled guilty to off-lablel marketing, so

it’s hard to argue such methods are trade secrets, since these are well

known to the industry.

“Essentially, they’re claiming the specific methods they use to lie,

cheat or steal, are trade secrets, since the drugs and health studies

they use to support their methods are public information. For example,

many companies pled guilty to misrepresenting the benefits of their

drugs. Those are lies. Many companies have been caught cheating in their

marketing. And many companies have been caught stealing by overcharging

federal and state entities for their drugs. It’s akin to a bank robber

claiming that his technique for cracking locks on safes is a trade

secret.”

Read the Article

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start April 22