Comments on: Connecticut Sues Lilly Over Zyprexa http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Atlex http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205657 Atlex Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:04:45 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205657 Hadassah Lieberman worked at Pfizer but left before Joe was elected to the Senate in 1988. Hadassah Lieberman worked at Pfizer but left before Joe was elected to the Senate in 1988.

]]> By: Heretic http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205636 Heretic Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:40:53 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205636 I seem to recall that Lieberman's wife was/is a consultant to Pfizer and one of his daughters works/worked for Pfizer in some capacity. This was true in 2000 and I have no idea if it's still accurate. I seem to recall that Lieberman’s wife was/is a consultant to Pfizer and one of his daughters works/worked for Pfizer in some capacity. This was true in 2000 and I have no idea if it’s still accurate.

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205549 Ed Silverman Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:29:14 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205549 Hi Melody, In case others are curious, there is a link to the complete lawsuit in this post. Regards ed Hi Melody,

In case others are curious, there is a link to the complete lawsuit in this post.

Regards
ed

]]> By: Melody http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205539 Melody Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:15:42 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-205539 I received this e-mail from a IDDM friend: "Eli Lilly adopted a sick marketing mindset: profits over patients, sales over safety," Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. "Through a complex series of illegal rackets and lies, Eli Lilly built a multibillion-dollar drug enterprise at the expense of taxpayers, consumers and patient lives," Blumenthal said in a scathing statement. He accused the drugmaker of corrupting doctors, pharmacies and public officials nationwide, "who easily abandoned integrity and decency for self-enrichment." Ironically, this is from a lawsuit filed today, too bad it wasn't in the years following 1983, when then state Attorney General Joseph Lieberman failed to file a similar lawsuit (even though I was a child who grew up in Connecticut at that time and the same s**t was going on in marketing a product called Humulin). It seems sad how little anything has changed, except that once again, people with diabetes have been overlooked and forgotten! I received this e-mail from a IDDM friend:
“Eli Lilly adopted a sick marketing mindset: profits over patients, sales over safety,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. “Through a complex series of illegal rackets and lies, Eli Lilly built a multibillion-dollar drug enterprise at the expense of taxpayers, consumers and patient lives,” Blumenthal said in a scathing statement. He accused the drugmaker of corrupting doctors, pharmacies and public officials nationwide, “who easily abandoned integrity and decency for self-enrichment.” Ironically, this is from a lawsuit filed today, too bad it wasn’t in the years following 1983, when then state Attorney General Joseph Lieberman failed to file a similar lawsuit (even though I was a child who grew up in Connecticut at that time and the same s**t was going on in marketing a product called Humulin). It seems sad how little anything has changed, except that once again, people with diabetes have been overlooked and forgotten!

]]> By: Justice in Michigan http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-204464 Justice in Michigan Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:30:43 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/connecticut-sues-lilly-over-zyprexa/#comment-204464 _Assuming_ these accusations were essentially true and proven, I am asking myself whether FDA preemption would prevent such suits, either by states or private litigants. I assume so, since FDA never said Lilly was not in compliance, as far as I know, and advertising, etc., is part of "the label" as understood. _Assuming_ these accusations were essentially true and proven, I am asking myself whether FDA preemption would prevent such suits, either by states or private litigants.

I assume so, since FDA never said Lilly was not in compliance, as far as I know, and advertising, etc., is part of “the label” as understood.

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