Comments on: Waxman To Eschenbach: Whose Side Are You On?

By: jooe

jooe — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:47:26 +0000

The one person from JNJ who stood up and tried to get the Ortho Evra Patch withdrawn from the market was fired. Many of us women have had strokes, heart attacks and blood clots, all because of JNJ and the FDA.

Pharmaceutical Whistleblower
Former Johnson & Johnson Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joel Lippman recently blew the whistle on his old company. Lippman claims that during 15 years in high-ranking medical positions at Johnson & Johnson, the company repeatedly released or refused to recall dangerous products to which he objected, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch. In a whistleblower suit brought against his former employer, Lippman claimed, “The clinical research had revealed that the estrogen dose released by the Evra patch as a means of birth control may increase the risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms.”

By: American4Science

American4Science — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:44:36 +0000

On sure fire way to make sure that political appointees have the same values as we do is to get someone who shares our ideals about how the FDA should be run and regulated in office and appointing people. This election gives us a good opportunity to decide who will choose the next appointees. Both McCain and Obama have responded to question 10 of the Your Candidates - Your Health questionnaire which talks about the funding priorities for FDA. Hopefully we can be proactive in getting the people we want making the decisions we need.

By: Hen House

Hen House — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:53:41 +0000

Before I’m gone, I’d just like to say

By: truthman30

truthman30 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:09:38 +0000

Wake up America..
The FDA and Pharma are two sides of the same coin..
Its the same with the MHRA in the UK..

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:54:16 +0000

Harpy - One person’s conspiracy is someone else’s game plan. The agenda has been around for some time, but the current administration allowed full regulatory capture.

I think apologists are too busy digesting the henhouse, but maybe someone will come out to burp and say a few words.

By: harpy

harpy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:26:49 +0000

Wow. Every so often I start thinking it’s all conspiracy theory, then I see something like this.

Anyone see any apologists around? They’re always so scarce on these posts.

By: Salmon

Salmon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:22:52 +0000

Von Eschenbach said

‘direct-to-consumer advertising is a First Amendment right’

‘He won’t tolerate whistleblowers who go outside the agency just because they don’t agree with an outcome.’

“The people have to understand to go outside that process is not constructive. It is actually destructive.”

New Jersey Star Ledger
Thursday February 22, 2007

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:40:56 +0000

There have been some strong, no bs FDA Commissioners - especially Goddard in the 60s. Kessler was mixed, but certainly relative to who’s been there since…

By: Ima Misfit

Ima Misfit — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:37 +0000

We know which side von Eschenbach is on; the same side as all those who came before him.

The corruption that is systemic to United States government agencies like FDA, MMA, OSHA, State Department, FAA, CMS, DOD, etc.. cannot be corrected by the handful of good senators and the dozen or so good representatives who can no longer rely on the disgraced Justice Department to enforce the law.

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:30:02 +0000

For those of us following the apparent “game plan,” and suggesting the connections between various FDA initiatives, the list is pretty connects those dots.