Industry Health vs. Your Health

10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties
By GARDINER HARRIS and ALEX BERENSON
New York Times
Published: February 25, 2005

Ten of the 32 government drug advisers who last week endorsed continued marketing of the huge-selling pain pills Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx have consulted in recent years for the drugs' makers, according to disclosures in medical journals and other public records.

If the 10 advisers had not cast their votes, the committee would have voted 12 to 8 that Bextra should be withdrawn and 14 to 8 that Vioxx should not return to the market. The 10 advisers with company ties voted 9 to 1 to keep Bextra on the market and 9 to 1 for Vioxx's return.

Full Article: Here

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Should those who "consult" on issues affecting your health care more about the health of the industry or the public?

Profit over people?

What is it going to take for us to figure out that big business at the expense of everything else is not in our best interest. Just WHAT is it that they are trickling down upon us? And, who is responsible for allowing this to happen?

Hint: Who controls all the elected branches of government?