Wrong. Any reporter who wants the documents can get them off the internet within a hour max. Furthermore, any journalist interested in this issue already has them. Just because they are not being quoted, does not mean that the documents are not widespread.
The truth is, Lilly has been successful in using the court system to threaten and intimidate citizens, including journalists, into silence. After watching the harassment of all the people caught up in this dog-and-pony show, as Lilly causes them to run up massive legal bills, no sane journalist would openly quote from those documents.
Lilly has plenty to lose if the truth comes out and doctors and consumers decide the risks associated with Zyprexa far outweigh the benefits. In 2005, Zyprexa represented 30% of the company's total sales.
But if Lilly is to be believed that it is not promoting the off-label use of Zyprexa, there seems to be no end in sight to the epidemic of mental illness sweeping the planet because according to Lilly's latest SEC filing, Zyprexa sales rose another 12% to $1.16 billion in 2006.
Lilly has no one but itself to blame for the mess its in. If the company had ignored the articles in the Times, and went on its merry way of promoting Zyprexa off-label the same way it had for a decade, people would have lost interest in the story and forgotten what was in the documents.
Furthermore, if Lilly is looking for a scapegoat, the finger of blame should be pointed at the company's high-priced legal team that screwed up royally by opening the door to First Amendment arguments.
Eli Lilly drug company is being sued by AG's in 7 states for fraud over marketing of their Zyprexa drug.
The zyprexa saga just keeps getting deeper.
It was Lilly that is alleged to have indulged in the excesses of it's 'viva zyprexa' extravaganza.
We keep hearing about how Lilly has "settled 28,500" cases.
Are theses cases that are still pending or already resolved?
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Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.com
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on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10:06:55 AM
