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Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
litigation.
Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
experience, due to the threat of litigation...
...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
================================================================
http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
"But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
fail to
show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
5 studies
of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
placebo
treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
antibiotics. If you
ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
particular answer, you will
miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
“scientific
evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
disease”. They
have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
side
effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
harmful than
the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
vaccines
have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
illnesses. People
have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
lawsuits
resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
efficacy and
safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
1998, the
FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
“vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
of
scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
withdrew it in
2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
science and
medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
litigation.
Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
experience, due to the threat of litigation...
...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
================================================================
http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
"But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
fail to
show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
5 studies
of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
placebo
treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
antibiotics. If you
ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
particular answer, you will
miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
“scientific
evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
disease”. They
have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
side
effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
harmful than
the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
vaccines
have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
illnesses. People
have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
lawsuits
resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
efficacy and
safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
1998, the
FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
“vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
of
scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
withdrew it in
2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
science and
medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
Re: Steere: "Despite a lack of scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer wi
On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
> Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> litigation.
>
> Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> ================================================================
>
> http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> fail to
> show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> 5 studies
> of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> placebo
> treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> antibiotics. If you
> ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> particular answer, you will
> miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> “scientific
> evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> disease”. They
> have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> side
> effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> harmful than
> the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> vaccines
> have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> illnesses. People
> have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> lawsuits
> resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> efficacy and
> safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> 1998, the
> FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> of
> scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> withdrew it in
> 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> science and
> medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
“vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
part) was prevention.
On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
> Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> litigation.
>
> Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> ================================================================
>
> http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> fail to
> show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> 5 studies
> of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> placebo
> treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> antibiotics. If you
> ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> particular answer, you will
> miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> “scientific
> evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> disease”. They
> have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> side
> effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> harmful than
> the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> vaccines
> have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> illnesses. People
> have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> lawsuits
> resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> efficacy and
> safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> 1998, the
> FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> of
> scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> withdrew it in
> 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> science and
> medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
“vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
part) was prevention.
Re: Steere: "Despite a lack of scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer wi
On May 25, 5:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
> On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > litigation.
>
> > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > ================================================================
>
> > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > fail to
> > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > 5 studies
> > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > placebo
> > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > antibiotics. If you
> > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > particular answer, you will
> > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > “scientific
> > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > disease”. They
> > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > side
> > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > harmful than
> > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > vaccines
> > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > illnesses. People
> > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > lawsuits
> > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > efficacy and
> > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > 1998, the
> > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > of
> > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > withdrew it in
> > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > science and
> > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yes I saw that too. What idiot would get the vaccine shot and had
lyme disease at the same time.....Your right.
Band 31 and 34 - the outer surface proteins of the bacteria were
used for that vaccine...a prominent rheumatologist so called ---in my
area had a short article in the hospital magazine stating that EVEN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD LYME DISEASE SHOULD GET THE VACCINE -
WHAT!!!!!!!!! What a sicko........
Also the evil one who gets away with everything -Mr. Steere admitted
in Calif. at a talk that he knew about the situation if people have
that DL-4 gene and get the vaccine they will get an unretractable
arthritis. there is a simple blood test for that too.
And anyone getting the vaccine previously to getting the shot should
have been given the blood test for that -Now he didn't say this
previous statement of course. Yet the creep mentions the DL-4
gene and gets away with it......Him & Sigal worked on the vaccine.
Another evil sicko..
On May 25, 5:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
> On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > litigation.
>
> > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > ================================================================
>
> > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > fail to
> > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > 5 studies
> > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > placebo
> > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > antibiotics. If you
> > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > particular answer, you will
> > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > “scientific
> > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > disease”. They
> > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > side
> > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > harmful than
> > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > vaccines
> > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > illnesses. People
> > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > lawsuits
> > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > efficacy and
> > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > 1998, the
> > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > of
> > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > withdrew it in
> > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > science and
> > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yes I saw that too. What idiot would get the vaccine shot and had
lyme disease at the same time.....Your right.
Band 31 and 34 - the outer surface proteins of the bacteria were
used for that vaccine...a prominent rheumatologist so called ---in my
area had a short article in the hospital magazine stating that EVEN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD LYME DISEASE SHOULD GET THE VACCINE -
WHAT!!!!!!!!! What a sicko........
Also the evil one who gets away with everything -Mr. Steere admitted
in Calif. at a talk that he knew about the situation if people have
that DL-4 gene and get the vaccine they will get an unretractable
arthritis. there is a simple blood test for that too.
And anyone getting the vaccine previously to getting the shot should
have been given the blood test for that -Now he didn't say this
previous statement of course. Yet the creep mentions the DL-4
gene and gets away with it......Him & Sigal worked on the vaccine.
Another evil sicko..
Re: Steere: "Despite a lack of scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer wi
On May 25, 4:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
> On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > litigation.
>
> > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > ================================================================
>
> > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > fail to
> > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > 5 studies
> > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > placebo
> > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > antibiotics. If you
> > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > particular answer, you will
> > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > “scientific
> > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > disease”. They
> > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > side
> > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > harmful than
> > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > vaccines
> > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > illnesses. People
> > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > lawsuits
> > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > efficacy and
> > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > 1998, the
> > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > of
> > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > withdrew it in
> > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > science and
> > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Honestly, I thought the whole thing was very odd...the very idea of
including some peculiar anecdotal rant about the failure of the
vaccine in a commencement address? Isn't the idea there. customarily
supposed to be full of optimism and the world is yours...go out and
make your mark...etc, etc...? Have to wonder what the grads and their
proud parents made of that whole deal?
And if you read the entire thing...there is this bit about Galileo and
the pursuit of scientific truth.
Now, if you want to follow THAT analogy...surely the man must realize
that HE is in the position of the Pope, deciding what is, and what is
not, "heresy", in terms of Lyme disease.
But somehow he manages to tie all of this in with an eye towards the
future exploration of Mars...
(Fair warning to any little green men... "MARTIANS" out there)! (LOL.
Inside joke).
Like I said, if the vaccine was pulled because of fear of litigation,
would seem likely to me that the legal departments were afraid of the
liability exposure.
On May 25, 4:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
> On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > litigation.
>
> > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > ================================================================
>
> > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > fail to
> > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > 5 studies
> > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > placebo
> > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > antibiotics. If you
> > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > particular answer, you will
> > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > “scientific
> > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > disease”. They
> > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > side
> > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > harmful than
> > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > vaccines
> > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > illnesses. People
> > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > lawsuits
> > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > efficacy and
> > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > 1998, the
> > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > of
> > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > withdrew it in
> > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > science and
> > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Honestly, I thought the whole thing was very odd...the very idea of
including some peculiar anecdotal rant about the failure of the
vaccine in a commencement address? Isn't the idea there. customarily
supposed to be full of optimism and the world is yours...go out and
make your mark...etc, etc...? Have to wonder what the grads and their
proud parents made of that whole deal?
And if you read the entire thing...there is this bit about Galileo and
the pursuit of scientific truth.
Now, if you want to follow THAT analogy...surely the man must realize
that HE is in the position of the Pope, deciding what is, and what is
not, "heresy", in terms of Lyme disease.
But somehow he manages to tie all of this in with an eye towards the
future exploration of Mars...
(Fair warning to any little green men... "MARTIANS" out there)! (LOL.
Inside joke).
Like I said, if the vaccine was pulled because of fear of litigation,
would seem likely to me that the legal departments were afraid of the
liability exposure.
Re: Steere: "Despite a lack of scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer wi
On May 26, 12:43 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
> On May 25, 4:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
> > > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > > litigation.
>
> > > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > > ================================================================
>
> > > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > > fail to
> > > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > > 5 studies
> > > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > > placebo
> > > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > > antibiotics. If you
> > > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > > particular answer, you will
> > > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > > “scientific
> > > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > > disease”. They
> > > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > > side
> > > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > > harmful than
> > > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > > vaccines
> > > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > > illnesses. People
> > > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > > lawsuits
> > > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > > efficacy and
> > > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > > 1998, the
> > > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > > of
> > > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > > withdrew it in
> > > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > > science and
> > > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> > this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> > already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> > part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Honestly, I thought the whole thing was very odd...the very idea of
> including some peculiar anecdotal rant about the failure of the
> vaccine in a commencement address? Isn't the idea there. customarily
> supposed to be full of optimism and the world is yours...go out and
> make your mark...etc, etc...? Have to wonder what the grads and their
> proud parents made of that whole deal?
>
> And if you read the entire thing...there is this bit about Galileo and
> the pursuit of scientific truth.
>
> Now, if you want to follow THAT analogy...surely the man must realize
> that HE is in the position of the Pope, deciding what is, and what is
> not, "heresy", in terms of Lyme disease.
>
> But somehow he manages to tie all of this in with an eye towards the
> future exploration of Mars...
>
> (Fair warning to any little green men... "MARTIANS" out there)! (LOL.
> Inside joke).
>
> Like I said, if the vaccine was pulled because of fear of litigation,
> would seem likely to me that the legal departments were afraid of the
> liability exposure.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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Concerns (and Lawsuits) Grow Over Reactions to Lyme Vaccine
Federal health authorities are currently investigating whether the
Lyme disease vaccine, Lymerix, caused severe cases of arthritis and
even Lyme disease itself in some people, according to a recent report
in the New York Times.
Until now, the government was actively investigating illnesses that
broke out after vaccination only if they were officially classified as
serious defined as life-threatening, persistent and long-term or
requiring hospitalization. Lyme disease and arthritis were not
generally regarded as meeting those criteria.
Researchers from both the FDA and the disease-control centers will now
investigate all cases of arthritis and all symptoms of Lyme disease
reported to have developed after a patient has been vaccinated, Dr.
Susan S. Ellenberg, director of biostatistics and epidemiology at the
FDA said.
The FDA had approved the vaccine made by SmithKline Beecham
Biologicals, about two years ago, and about 440,000 Americans have
received it so far. The company maintains that the shot is safe.
Dr. Ellenberg, said the FDA, working with the CDC, would investigate
the reports "to find out what the cases really are, to get more
information." Dr. Ellenberg and Dr. Walter A. Orenstein, assistant
surgeon general and director of the centers' national immunization
program, said it remained to be determined whether the vaccine was the
cause of the reported illnesses.
When the FDA's vaccine advisory committee recommended that the vaccine
be approved for marketing, several members expressed concern that the
vaccine could set off an autoimmune condition that, in turn, would
result in arthritis.
Some also said they feared it could cause flare-ups of Lyme disease
among people previously infected with the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia
bergdorferi.
Physician Opposition
The New York Times report claims that in interviews, "more than a
dozen doctors in areas where Lyme disease is common say they have
treated 170 people with arthritis and Lyme disease that they attribute
to the vaccine."
Some doctors say the drug agency should never have approved the Lyme
vaccine or should have responded more quickly to adverse reports. Dr.
Andrea Gaito, a New Jersey rheumatologist and president of the
International Lyme and Associated Disorders Society, said she had told
the agency that 21 patients developed severe arthritis soon after
being given the vaccine by other doctors, according to the Times
report.
Dr. Gaito, who does not give the vaccine, said she believed that the
vaccine caused arthritis and Lyme disease itself but that the problems
were not always linked to it because the vaccine took effect only
after three shots given over the course of a year. "The FDA had just
better withdraw this vaccine now," Dr. Gaito said.
Dr. Charlene C. Demarco of Egg Harbor, N.J., an internist and family
doctor, said 50 of her patients had developed autoimmune arthritis
after receiving Lyme vaccine from other doctors and 30 others appeared
to have flare-ups of previous Lyme infections. She maintains that the
FDA did not moved quickly enough after initial reports of adverse
effects.
Dr. Ellenberg from the FDA conceded that they had at times acted too
slowly. "We wish that some of these cases had been brought to our
attention sooner," she said. "They should have been given a higher
priority."
Despite the fact that the FDA's vaccine advisory committee eventually
recommended approval of Lymerix, the panel's chairwoman, Dr. Patricia
L. Ferrieri of the University of Minnesota Medical School, said it had
taken the action with unusual "ambivalence" because of concerns about
the possibility of severe reactions.
Autoimmune Reaction
Dr. Allen C. Steere, who directed SmithKline Beecham's trials of the
vaccine, told the committee that it was hypothetically possible that
the vaccine could set off an autoimmune reaction in which the body's
immune system attacks its own tissue, and that this could cause
treatment-resistant arthritis.
In addition, Dr. Steere had expressed the concern as early as 1995,
shortly after the start of the clinical trials, when he said that some
patients were already developing joint pain after getting the vaccine.
"A small percentage of patients have developed joint pain and
arthritis following vaccination," Dr. Steere said in a letter to the
National Institutes of Health.
In July 1998, two months after Dr. Steere recommended the vaccine's
approval, he and colleagues reported in the journal Science that they
believed they had found the cause of the adverse effects. They
discovered that a piece of protein on the outer surface of the Lyme
bacteria was strikingly similar, to a natural human protein in blood
and other cells. This raised the theoretical possibility that when an
infected tick bites a human, the person's immune system T-cells, the
soldiers on the front line of the body's defense against disease,
could destroy not only the foreign invader but also some of the body's
own protein.
Legal Action
About 60 patients who believe they were made ill by the Lyme vaccine
are suing SmithKline Beecham for monetary damages, said Stephen A.
Sheller, a lawyer with Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, of Philadelphia, which
is handling the suits. And class-action suits have been filed by the
firm in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania seeking to require the
company to warn doctors and patients that it poses possible risks for
those who are genetically predisposed to autoimmune arthritis or who
have been previously infected with Lyme bacteria.
To see the complete text of the Lymerix complaint filed against
SmithKline Beecham go to http :// www .sheller,com /complaint.htm.
New York Times November 21, 2000
On May 26, 12:43 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
> On May 25, 4:40 pm, chronichel...@yahoo,com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 25, 8:54 am, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@yahoo,com > wrote:
>
> > > Steere, in an excerpt from a commencement address at Ohio Wesleyan,
> > > states that the reason for the withdrawl of the vaccine was NOT "poor
> > > sales" as has been previously, continuously reported...but a threat of
> > > litigation.
>
> > > Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> > > experience, due to the threat of litigation...
>
> > > ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> > > may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> > > from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> > > ================================================================
>
> > > http :// commencement.owu.edu/2008Congratulations.html
>
> > > "But science says no. Diagnostic tests based on scientific studies
> > > fail to
> > > show evidence of Lyme disease in most of these patients. Additionally,
> > > 5 studies
> > > of pain and fatigue syndromes following Lyme disease reported that
> > > placebo
> > > treatment with a sugar pill gave similar results as long-term
> > > antibiotics. If you
> > > ignore scientific reality, if you twist it, if you wish for a
> > > particular answer, you will
> > > miss Mars and drift in space. Physicians, like myself, have said
> > > “scientific
> > > evidence does not support giving antibiotics for years for Lyme
> > > disease”. They
> > > have been denounced, threatened, and harassed.
>
> > > No single medical advance has had a greater impact on human health
> > > than vaccines. Although a small percentage of individuals have serious
> > > side
> > > effects from vaccination, vaccines in general are much, much less
> > > harmful than
> > > the infections they prevent. However, as with the Lyme disease story,
> > > vaccines
> > > have become a vehicle to explain a host of poorly understood
> > > illnesses. People
> > > have claimed passionately that a vaccine causes autism. Class-action
> > > lawsuits
> > > resulting from these claims threaten the vaccine industry.
>
> > > And this is what happened to the Lyme disease vaccine. Over the past
> > > decade, two drug companies did extensive studies concerning the
> > > efficacy and
> > > safety of a newly developed Lyme disease vaccine for human use. In
> > > 1998, the
> > > FDA licensed the vaccine. But the Lyme disease counterculture said
> > > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”. Despite a lack
> > > of
> > > scientific evidence that the vaccine caused harm, the manufacturer
> > > withdrew it in
> > > 2002 primarily due to the threat of class-action lawsuits. When
> > > science and
> > > medicine are divorced, our efforts lead nowhere; we drift in space".
>
> > “vaccination for Lyme disease made my symptoms worse”.
>
> > this part doesn't even makes sense. So the ones being vaccinated had
> > already symptoms??. I thought the idea of the vaccine (for the most
> > part) was prevention.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Honestly, I thought the whole thing was very odd...the very idea of
> including some peculiar anecdotal rant about the failure of the
> vaccine in a commencement address? Isn't the idea there. customarily
> supposed to be full of optimism and the world is yours...go out and
> make your mark...etc, etc...? Have to wonder what the grads and their
> proud parents made of that whole deal?
>
> And if you read the entire thing...there is this bit about Galileo and
> the pursuit of scientific truth.
>
> Now, if you want to follow THAT analogy...surely the man must realize
> that HE is in the position of the Pope, deciding what is, and what is
> not, "heresy", in terms of Lyme disease.
>
> But somehow he manages to tie all of this in with an eye towards the
> future exploration of Mars...
>
> (Fair warning to any little green men... "MARTIANS" out there)! (LOL.
> Inside joke).
>
> Like I said, if the vaccine was pulled because of fear of litigation,
> would seem likely to me that the legal departments were afraid of the
> liability exposure.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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Concerns (and Lawsuits) Grow Over Reactions to Lyme Vaccine
Federal health authorities are currently investigating whether the
Lyme disease vaccine, Lymerix, caused severe cases of arthritis and
even Lyme disease itself in some people, according to a recent report
in the New York Times.
Until now, the government was actively investigating illnesses that
broke out after vaccination only if they were officially classified as
serious defined as life-threatening, persistent and long-term or
requiring hospitalization. Lyme disease and arthritis were not
generally regarded as meeting those criteria.
Researchers from both the FDA and the disease-control centers will now
investigate all cases of arthritis and all symptoms of Lyme disease
reported to have developed after a patient has been vaccinated, Dr.
Susan S. Ellenberg, director of biostatistics and epidemiology at the
FDA said.
The FDA had approved the vaccine made by SmithKline Beecham
Biologicals, about two years ago, and about 440,000 Americans have
received it so far. The company maintains that the shot is safe.
Dr. Ellenberg, said the FDA, working with the CDC, would investigate
the reports "to find out what the cases really are, to get more
information." Dr. Ellenberg and Dr. Walter A. Orenstein, assistant
surgeon general and director of the centers' national immunization
program, said it remained to be determined whether the vaccine was the
cause of the reported illnesses.
When the FDA's vaccine advisory committee recommended that the vaccine
be approved for marketing, several members expressed concern that the
vaccine could set off an autoimmune condition that, in turn, would
result in arthritis.
Some also said they feared it could cause flare-ups of Lyme disease
among people previously infected with the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia
bergdorferi.
Physician Opposition
The New York Times report claims that in interviews, "more than a
dozen doctors in areas where Lyme disease is common say they have
treated 170 people with arthritis and Lyme disease that they attribute
to the vaccine."
Some doctors say the drug agency should never have approved the Lyme
vaccine or should have responded more quickly to adverse reports. Dr.
Andrea Gaito, a New Jersey rheumatologist and president of the
International Lyme and Associated Disorders Society, said she had told
the agency that 21 patients developed severe arthritis soon after
being given the vaccine by other doctors, according to the Times
report.
Dr. Gaito, who does not give the vaccine, said she believed that the
vaccine caused arthritis and Lyme disease itself but that the problems
were not always linked to it because the vaccine took effect only
after three shots given over the course of a year. "The FDA had just
better withdraw this vaccine now," Dr. Gaito said.
Dr. Charlene C. Demarco of Egg Harbor, N.J., an internist and family
doctor, said 50 of her patients had developed autoimmune arthritis
after receiving Lyme vaccine from other doctors and 30 others appeared
to have flare-ups of previous Lyme infections. She maintains that the
FDA did not moved quickly enough after initial reports of adverse
effects.
Dr. Ellenberg from the FDA conceded that they had at times acted too
slowly. "We wish that some of these cases had been brought to our
attention sooner," she said. "They should have been given a higher
priority."
Despite the fact that the FDA's vaccine advisory committee eventually
recommended approval of Lymerix, the panel's chairwoman, Dr. Patricia
L. Ferrieri of the University of Minnesota Medical School, said it had
taken the action with unusual "ambivalence" because of concerns about
the possibility of severe reactions.
Autoimmune Reaction
Dr. Allen C. Steere, who directed SmithKline Beecham's trials of the
vaccine, told the committee that it was hypothetically possible that
the vaccine could set off an autoimmune reaction in which the body's
immune system attacks its own tissue, and that this could cause
treatment-resistant arthritis.
In addition, Dr. Steere had expressed the concern as early as 1995,
shortly after the start of the clinical trials, when he said that some
patients were already developing joint pain after getting the vaccine.
"A small percentage of patients have developed joint pain and
arthritis following vaccination," Dr. Steere said in a letter to the
National Institutes of Health.
In July 1998, two months after Dr. Steere recommended the vaccine's
approval, he and colleagues reported in the journal Science that they
believed they had found the cause of the adverse effects. They
discovered that a piece of protein on the outer surface of the Lyme
bacteria was strikingly similar, to a natural human protein in blood
and other cells. This raised the theoretical possibility that when an
infected tick bites a human, the person's immune system T-cells, the
soldiers on the front line of the body's defense against disease,
could destroy not only the foreign invader but also some of the body's
own protein.
Legal Action
About 60 patients who believe they were made ill by the Lyme vaccine
are suing SmithKline Beecham for monetary damages, said Stephen A.
Sheller, a lawyer with Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, of Philadelphia, which
is handling the suits. And class-action suits have been filed by the
firm in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania seeking to require the
company to warn doctors and patients that it poses possible risks for
those who are genetically predisposed to autoimmune arthritis or who
have been previously infected with Lyme bacteria.
To see the complete text of the Lymerix complaint filed against
SmithKline Beecham go to http :// www .sheller,com /complaint.htm.
New York Times November 21, 2000
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> .
>
> Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> experience, =EF=BF=BDdue to the threat of litigation...
>
> ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
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>
Lehigh Valley Hospital quit blood study over conflict
By Ann Wlazelek Of The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley Hospital stopped a blood study last year when it
discovered that one of its trustees held a financial interest in the
private company paying for the research.
It was the first time the Valley's largest medical center stopped a
study because of a conflict of interest rather than patients being
harmed. YEA I BET.....
But the ethical issue is a growing concern nationally as experts seek
ways to pay for medical research without the bias that money can
bring.
Dr. Ronald Swinfard, LVH's chief medical officer, confirmed that he
halted the study in October, when a hospital
lawyer******************************** told him that LVH trustee and
former board Chairman Marvin Woodall was a founder and board chairman
of Prescient Medical Inc. of Doylestown, the company sponsoring the
study.*******************************AFRAID OF LAWSUIT?
"I was pissed," said Swinfard, who said he had authorized the study
months earlier, not knowing of the conflict. WHAT AN ACT.
Prescient had paid LVH $125,000 to conduct the research. HARD TO
BELIEVE ONLY $125,000.
"I terminated the protocol and said, 'Send the money back,' " Swinfard
said. SURE AFRAID OF A LAWSUIT.........
None of the 28 participants in the study was harmed, according to
doctors involved. But no conclusions could be drawn from the blood
samples and ultrasound tests either.
At least two other high-ranking hospital officials had business or
financial ties to Prescient: former LVH Chief Operating Officer Lou
Liebhaber, who was on Prescient's board and left the hospital a month
after the study was stopped; and Dr. Michael Rossi, LVH's chief of
cardiology, who had invested money in Prescient.
Hospital executives said they did not look for other conflicts or
penalize anyone involved because there was no need -- no study, no
outcomes that could be tainted. SURE EVEN IF THEY HAPPEN TO FIND OTHER
CONFLICTS AND NO ONE ELSE KNEW - THEY WOULDN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT.
"No harm, no penalty," Swinfard said.
The Prescient study was designed to find elements in the blood that
could predict which patients were at risk of heart attack from plaque
breaking off and closing a major artery. TO ME THT SURE IS A DUMB
STUDY TO BEGIN WITH.
If successful, it would have uncovered a valuable screening tool for
doctors and patients, and a gold mine for stockholders. BULL- IT WOULD
A HIT & MISS THING.
LVH was the only medical center conducting the blood study at the
time. YEA AN IN-HOUSE STUDY BUT IT STILL IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED
BY THE FDA FIRST.
PRESCIENT IS JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM THEM.
Dozens of medical research companies are looking for markers of
"vulnerable plaque," MARKERS OF VULNERABLE PLAQUE - THAT'S A JOKE -
FIRST IT'S C REATIVE PROTEIN THEN IT'S THIS - THEN IT'S THAT -
ANYTHING TO TRY TO MAKE A BUCK -----------including Prescient, which
was founded less than three years ago.
"There's no way to explain the slippery slope" of financial or
business conflicts, he said. "The people doing the research weren't
invested, but it still doesn't look good."
Swinfard cited a recent case at the Cleveland Clinic, where financial
ties to research companies went as high as the chief executive
officer. LOOK WHO'S TALKING . SWINDLER --- OH SORRY SWINFARD HAS ROOM
TO TALK IN GENERAL.
Patients were not informed that the CEO and the clinic stood to
benefit financially. OF COURSE NOT..........
And a leading research cardiologist at the clinic was demoted in the
dispute.HMMMM-DR. MATSUMURA THE INDIOT CARDIO REASEACH HD? GOOD.
Surveys show the clinic is far from alone, however, with a majority of
doctors, hospitals and medical schools saying they have received money
from or invested in for-profit companies trying to bring products to
market.
A survey published in the April 26 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine found that 94 percent of more than 3,000 physicians polled in
2003 and 2004 reported a relationship with the pharmaceutical
industry.
Doctors had received free food, drug samples and payments for lectures
and opinions.
And cardiologists were more than twice as likely as family doctors to
receive payments.
Arthur Caplan, who heads the department of medical ethics and directs
the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, said inside information about a study's progress can
make money for investors and be considered insider trading, the
federal offense that landed Martha Stewart in jail.
After discovering the conflict with Woodall, Swinfard said all other
stockholder information was irrelevant. "I took care of everything
with the refund check," he said.
Copyright =EF=BF=BD 2007, The Morning Call
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:
> .
>
> Interesting, because normally, people do NOT withdraw, to my
> experience, =EF=BF=BDdue to the threat of litigation...
>
> ...they withdraw because of a threat of litigation under which they
> may have some possible EXPOSURE...they withdraw in the face of threats
> from which they might potentially face a finding of liability.
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>
Lehigh Valley Hospital quit blood study over conflict
By Ann Wlazelek Of The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley Hospital stopped a blood study last year when it
discovered that one of its trustees held a financial interest in the
private company paying for the research.
It was the first time the Valley's largest medical center stopped a
study because of a conflict of interest rather than patients being
harmed. YEA I BET.....
But the ethical issue is a growing concern nationally as experts seek
ways to pay for medical research without the bias that money can
bring.
Dr. Ronald Swinfard, LVH's chief medical officer, confirmed that he
halted the study in October, when a hospital
lawyer******************************** told him that LVH trustee and
former board Chairman Marvin Woodall was a founder and board chairman
of Prescient Medical Inc. of Doylestown, the company sponsoring the
study.*******************************AFRAID OF LAWSUIT?
"I was pissed," said Swinfard, who said he had authorized the study
months earlier, not knowing of the conflict. WHAT AN ACT.
Prescient had paid LVH $125,000 to conduct the research. HARD TO
BELIEVE ONLY $125,000.
"I terminated the protocol and said, 'Send the money back,' " Swinfard
said. SURE AFRAID OF A LAWSUIT.........
None of the 28 participants in the study was harmed, according to
doctors involved. But no conclusions could be drawn from the blood
samples and ultrasound tests either.
At least two other high-ranking hospital officials had business or
financial ties to Prescient: former LVH Chief Operating Officer Lou
Liebhaber, who was on Prescient's board and left the hospital a month
after the study was stopped; and Dr. Michael Rossi, LVH's chief of
cardiology, who had invested money in Prescient.
Hospital executives said they did not look for other conflicts or
penalize anyone involved because there was no need -- no study, no
outcomes that could be tainted. SURE EVEN IF THEY HAPPEN TO FIND OTHER
CONFLICTS AND NO ONE ELSE KNEW - THEY WOULDN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT.
"No harm, no penalty," Swinfard said.
The Prescient study was designed to find elements in the blood that
could predict which patients were at risk of heart attack from plaque
breaking off and closing a major artery. TO ME THT SURE IS A DUMB
STUDY TO BEGIN WITH.
If successful, it would have uncovered a valuable screening tool for
doctors and patients, and a gold mine for stockholders. BULL- IT WOULD
A HIT & MISS THING.
LVH was the only medical center conducting the blood study at the
time. YEA AN IN-HOUSE STUDY BUT IT STILL IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED
BY THE FDA FIRST.
PRESCIENT IS JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM THEM.
Dozens of medical research companies are looking for markers of
"vulnerable plaque," MARKERS OF VULNERABLE PLAQUE - THAT'S A JOKE -
FIRST IT'S C REATIVE PROTEIN THEN IT'S THIS - THEN IT'S THAT -
ANYTHING TO TRY TO MAKE A BUCK -----------including Prescient, which
was founded less than three years ago.
"There's no way to explain the slippery slope" of financial or
business conflicts, he said. "The people doing the research weren't
invested, but it still doesn't look good."
Swinfard cited a recent case at the Cleveland Clinic, where financial
ties to research companies went as high as the chief executive
officer. LOOK WHO'S TALKING . SWINDLER --- OH SORRY SWINFARD HAS ROOM
TO TALK IN GENERAL.
Patients were not informed that the CEO and the clinic stood to
benefit financially. OF COURSE NOT..........
And a leading research cardiologist at the clinic was demoted in the
dispute.HMMMM-DR. MATSUMURA THE INDIOT CARDIO REASEACH HD? GOOD.
Surveys show the clinic is far from alone, however, with a majority of
doctors, hospitals and medical schools saying they have received money
from or invested in for-profit companies trying to bring products to
market.
A survey published in the April 26 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine found that 94 percent of more than 3,000 physicians polled in
2003 and 2004 reported a relationship with the pharmaceutical
industry.
Doctors had received free food, drug samples and payments for lectures
and opinions.
And cardiologists were more than twice as likely as family doctors to
receive payments.
Arthur Caplan, who heads the department of medical ethics and directs
the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, said inside information about a study's progress can
make money for investors and be considered insider trading, the
federal offense that landed Martha Stewart in jail.
After discovering the conflict with Woodall, Swinfard said all other
stockholder information was irrelevant. "I took care of everything
with the refund check," he said.
Copyright =EF=BF=BD 2007, The Morning Call
