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It's Deja Vu All Over Again for Pfizer

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"We had ten reports of death in our post-marketing database in pediatric subjects. One of these subjects was a 16-year-old male who died of cardiopulmonary failure," said Susan Anway, MD, with Pfizer safety and risk management. "The second case you referred to was a case of stroke--cerebrovascular effects--or event. This was a subject who had many other comorbidities, as well as on a number of other concomitant medications."

Of course most children given Geodon will have the same "comorbidities" and "concomitant medications." And thanks to Pfizer fraud the drug's already in wide pediatric use. So if FDA approves Geodon for children it will be another Three-Peat.

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