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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: JDN who wrote (697408)8/19/2005 7:33:47 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
The damages will be reduced per Texas state law, and I certainly hope they are. But I think the point the jury tried to send was that if you were a drug company, and you knowingly hid information which may adversely affect sales because of known side effects of a drug, then you will pay a steep price. And that is the way it SHOULD BE.

Merck knowingly deceived people for profit, and people died as a result. There is no absolutely excuse for this.....but I do agree that this verdict was also excessive. But I hope the pharmas get the hint that this sort of behavior is simply not acceptable.

The House Committee on Government Reform uncovered Vioxx documents instructing Merck's sales force to lie to doctors about the cardiovascular risk posed by Vioxx.

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