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Researcher Estimates 22,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved Had Trasylol Been Pulled Earlier

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by jsgt February 19, 2008 12:15 AM EST
It is no wonder that Bayer considered profits more important then human lives and that the government agencies (under the Bush administration) who should be protecting consumers are apparently being pressured to release life threating drugs.
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by jittybarfrui February 18, 2008 9:49 PM EST
IMNSHO, the FDA is the single most corrupt U.S. government agency in existence. Money rules the FDA, if you want a new drug on the market all that is necessary is to pay off the right FDA official. It is a bad joke.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 9:44 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the pharmaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 9:43 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 9:41 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 9:40 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by onemagyver February 18, 2008 8:08 PM EST
As a researcher and patient advocate, my coopoeration from FDA has fallen to an all time low. FDA''s level of disinterest with product safety and medical outcomes is shocking. Last year, I notified their criminal division of Medtronic (again) making misleading marketing claims with its Strata shunt used in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Information available on this complaint at www.diaceph.com.

When you look at these types of oversight failures, it''s easy to understand why 911 was not prevented. And then you must ask, if a manufacturer knowingly and willingly keeps a product on the market that brings harm to others, are they not just like the terriorist???
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by onemagyver February 18, 2008 7:54 PM EST
This story exposes the serious flaw with voluntary reporting which FDA extends to medical manufacturers, meaning, that government entrusts businesses to notify FDA when new adverse information comes available. But, when business abuses this trust as Bayer did, there must be swift criminal penalties and sentencing, and that has not happened as well.

A reasonable mind must now ask, how many other medical products currently on the market with the full blessing of FDA are harming Americans?

The FDA has a major cedibility problem of favoring business over safety that will not go away any time soon.
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by missingamerica February 18, 2008 7:37 PM EST
If this surprises you, then you''ve probably also forgotten that Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) took a job as the head of the Drug Industry Trade Association after leading the successful Republican effort to ram the Medicare drug fraud down America''s throat.
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by fstop100 February 18, 2008 7:04 PM EST
Golden Rule. He who has the gold (drug companies) make the rules. Not the FDA
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:53 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:50 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:49 PM EST
The Bush Administration''s lack of enforcement of existing clean air legislation has put many more people at risk.

Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:48 PM EST
Many more people than on 9/11 will die or become ill
From the toxic fumes that from those polluting smokestacks continue to spill.
Death will come much more slowly for those with incurable ills
And my pals, the phamaceuticals, will sell many more pills.

This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:13 PM EST
This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:11 PM EST
This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by susieq_13 February 18, 2008 6:10 PM EST
This doesn''t surprise me coming from the FDA...They always have to wait until thousands of people die before they say, "Oh, that drug needs to come off the market" Flippin morons
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:10 PM EST
This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:09 PM EST
This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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by bernardncampbell February 18, 2008 6:06 PM EST
This investigation is not complete until the Bush administration''s interference, funded by drug industry political contributions, is fully exposed and prosecuted.
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