The Vytorin Clock Tells You When To Hide Data
1 CommentBy Ed Silverman // December 21st, 2007 // 2:41 pm
Here we have a lovely addition to any office or living room. A smart design enhanced by bold colors. And so useful - the clock can tell you when to start a Vytorin study; when to avoid listing the study at clinicaltrials.gov; when to deny lead investigators access to the database; when to worry about results that confound expectations; when to change the primary endpoint; when to establish a secret panel of experts to review data, and when to backpedal due to congressional scrutiny and bad publicity. Unfortunately, there is one thing this sleek, battery-powered model is unable to do - tell you when to exercise good judgment and act responsibly.
BPW
Ed,
This is quite clever. Lately, it indeed appears that the Vytorin clock never indicates to the top executives at Schering-Plough that it’s time to act responsibly. Of course, their legacy tells us that this is nothing new for Fred and Carrie as they’ve had lots of practice at other companies (AHP, Pharmacia). They got rich doing it and never had to pay a price, so why not continue? Maybe now that they’ve got lots of people breathing down their neck, they’ll finally have to fess up.
Time will tell!
BPW