The judge also states that the release of the documents "may have adversely affected prospective plaintiffs who may be less willing to sue if their intimate medical problems can be revealed through violation of the court's protective orders."
That statement at best is baseless speculation and at worst plain BS.
In response to the many articles that I have written on this topic, the only uniform complaint that I have received from past Zyprexa plaintiffs is that they signed agreements without knowing that Lilly documents produced in litigation proved that Lilly definitely knew about the risks of weight gain, high blood sugar, and diabetes long before the FDA ordered the black box warning.
And they each agreed on one other point. Each said they did not know that by signing the agreement, they might be helping Lilly to keep this kind of information hidden from doctors and future Zyprexa patients.
Granted, concealing information with court orders that will have a negative impact on sales has become a marketing technique for Lilly, but it's high time for the courts in this country to quit helping companies hide evidence that shows people are being killed and injured as they con injured victims into settling their cases for peanuts while the executives of the companies doling out the poison go to sleep at night counting their millions instead of sheep.
Evelyn Pringle evelyn-pringle@sbcglobal.net
(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America)
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.Zyprexa off label promotion scandal is all over the news now.
Eli Lilly zyprexa cost me over $250.00 a month supply out of my own pocket X 4 years and has up to ten times the risk (over non users) of causing diabetes and severe weight gain.
Zyprexa which is only FDA approved for schizophrenia (.5-1% of pop) and some bipolar (2% pop) and then an even smaller percentage of theses two groups.
So how does Zyprexa get to be the 7th largest drug sale in the world?
Eli Lilly is in deep trouble for using their drug reps to 'encourage' doctors to write zyprexa for non-FDA approved 'off label' uses.
The drug causes increased diabetes risk,and medicare picks up all the expensive fallout.There are now 7 states (and counting) going after Lilly for fraud and restitution.
It's good to see the FDA stepping in.
EXTRA-*ELI LILLY PROBED SADDAM BRIBES* IS BREAKING NEWS
