Comments on: Peter Rost Gets Another Whack At Pfizer

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:18:26 +0000

I hope that Peter gets his day in court! Big Pharma executives like Fred Hassan and Carrie Cox need to be held accountable for their misdeeds! They’re poster children for lack of business integrity, dishonesty and hypocrisy! All they do is pad their fat pockets no matter what! Off-label promotion - no problem! Influencing CME - no problem! Mega advisory boards - no problem! Inappropriate use of funds - no problem! Paying off physicians - no problem! Buying business - no problem! They think they’ll make billions before they get caught, and if they do they’ll get away with the company admiting no wrongdoing and paying a relatively small fine! They’ll be let off completely free to repeat their misdeeds at another company.

By: One Who Knows

One Who Knows — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:49:24 +0000

Way to go Peter! I hope you beat them at their games! Unfortunately, what gets lost in the mention of Pfizer in this case is that Pharmacia and their senior management were responsible for these actions before Pfizer bought the company. This includes Fred Hassan, Carrie Cox and their followers. They should be ashamed of themselves for promoting HGH out of label, but they’re not because they’re laughing all the way to the bank. Now they’re doing the same things at Schering-Plough! They just haven’t been caught yet! Here’s hoping it’s soon, very soon!

By: Appellate Law

Appellate Law — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:15:54 +0000

CA1: disclosure to the government is not disclosure for qui tam purposes…

US v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 06-2627. This is a whistleblower action against Pfizer, Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia Corporation under the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. Â§ 3729 et seq., and state law regarding a kind of growth…