Posted By:
Hal LewisTed:
The FDA approved the drug based upon the studies that MERCK supplied to it. The FDA could not have known that Merck would cover up important and dangerous facts.
This would be like having someone who works at the Driver's License bureau create a PERFECT-LOOKING fake ID for someone who is not 21... and then trying to sue the BAR who served that person based upon the ID being fake... even thought it looked perfectly real and the Bar did everything by the book in carding the person before serving them.
Alas, you and I are probably both biased one way or the other on this...
so let's just sit back and see where these UNBIASED juries go after hearing all of the evidence.
So far, the count is 0-1 against Merck. The current trial is in their own New Jersey backyard with jurors who surely know someone who works for Merck ... so if they go down 0-2 in their own home field... things will get interesting.
Here is a link to the "Dodgeball" stuff:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStory.asp?archive=true&dist=ArchiveSplash&siteid=bizjournal&guid=%7B894447AE%2D61CA%2D479E%2DAFA1%2D6DE71D128B AA%7D&returnURL=%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Easp%3Fguid%3D%7B894447 AE%2D61CA%2D479E%2DAFA1%2D6DE71D128BAA%7D%26siteid %3Dbizjournal%26dist%3D%26archive%3Dtrue%26param%3 Darchive%26garden%3D%26minisite%3D