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April 7, 2008 at 09:23:05

Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials

by Evelyn Pringle     Page 7 of 7 page(s)

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"It is less susceptible to disproportionate influence by large companies and trade associations than the federal regulatory system," they note and explain:

"When agencies respond to such influence by failing to regulate, or by adopting inappropriately weak regulations, the tort system becomes the primary legal vehicle for consumers to obtain protection from dangerous products and
services."



"Because tort decisions are made by juries, and because plaintiffs' lawyers have the necessary skill and incentives to seek appropriate levels of protection for consumers and patients, the civil justice system puts individual consumers on the same footing as large corporations," according to the paper.

"Unlike the regulatory system," the authors explain, "the civil justice system makes it possible for members of the general public to be directly involved in governing."

"This is a crucial distinction," they note, "since individuals normally lack the same incentives as politically appointed government officials to resolve regulatory problems in favor of regulated entities."

They also note that, "although corporate interests expend significant resources in an attempt to populate the judiciary with industry-friendly judges in states where judges are elected, there is simply no way to 'capture' all the judges throughout the country's numerous state and federal, trial and appellate courts."

"Moreover, even where judges are elected, citizens serving on juries are responsible for making decisions about liability," the paper concludes.

Persons seeking legal advice regarding SSRI-antidepressants can contact the Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman Law Firm at: (800) 827-0087; http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/

Evelyn Pringle
evelyn-pringle@sbcglobal.net

(Written as part of the SSRI Antidepressant Litigation Monthly Round-Up, Sponsored by Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldmans' Pharmaceutical Antidepressant Litigation Department)

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Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America.

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Lifelong reader, sometime writer with eclectic tastes and libertarian leanings. Don't hold my semi-notorious Berkeley history against me, I settled down so completely after 40 that I can barely recall my loosy-goosy self. But it sure beats going to the same party every night.
LaudymsLifelong reader, sometime writer with eclectic tastes and libertarian leanings. Don't hold my semi-notorious Berkeley history against me, I settled down so completely after 40 that I can barely recall my loosy-goosy self. But it sure beats going to the same party every night.

Corporations legally above the law

and we just have to take what we can get? 

Personally I'm no longer willing to take new drugs and will only consider those which have been available for years and thus well tested.

If Big Pharma thinks they can make $$$ bucks off of my suffering, they are delusional.

by Laudyms (0 articles, 680 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 327 comments) on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:41:49 PM
 


My name is Dick Tracy. More than 30 years after my release from an almost 2 year stay in military hospitals recovering from my "physical damage" I was diagnosed with PTSD by the VA. For the last several years I have been trying to recover from the "other damage". I am an advocate of PEACE and hope that I may someday get past the damage that I have done to others.
vet613My name is Dick Tracy. More than 30 years after my release from an almost 2 year stay in military hospitals recovering from my "physical damage" I was diagnosed with PTSD by the VA. For the last several years I have been trying to recover from the "other damage". I am an advocate of PEACE and hope that I may someday get past the damage that I have done to others.

Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials

After fighting one of the biggest personal battles of my life, the battle to regain personal control FROM antidepressants, I finally broke free. The countless instances of damage done to "the public" by the over-prescription and misuse of antidepressants (probably prescribed drugs in general) in incontestable. Do you doubt it? Sit in a Dr.'s office and watch the endless parade of cute"former cheerleaders" (male and female) and "Barbies" pushing pills and open your eyes. Research, if you will, the recent publication from none other than "The New England Journal of Medicine" debunking the efficacy of most of the HEAVILY prescribed (over-prescribed?) poison. It should be an eye opener for any thinking person

Political payback to BIG PHARMA, lobbying in the form of such protection from prosecution, is with us forever I fear. Be VERY careful about what you allow yourself to be hooked on by the unscrupulous bastards legally pushing drugs on todays society.

by vet613 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 13 comments) on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 3:30:25 PM
 

 

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