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Old 10-27-2006, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by kingrex View Post
Investors yes; Directors...not really. They do not hide information about drug safety - what would be the point? If a drug is unsafe, people will find out eventually, and failure to disclose adverse effects is very actionable.

In a fair world, one would think so. But look at what happened to me. Biogen was very sneaky about how they handled the recalled Avonex. And I became deathly ill from it. And attorneys told me it is not "actionable". They said it is so costly to sue a Pharma that I would have to have died or been permanently extremely damaged (like the PML patients). My damaged lungs and heart were not bad enough to warrant an atty spending money to sue Biogen. And Biogen was dishonorable and refused to pay me -- all I asked for was my lost wages. They refused.

Go back and see how Biogen handled the recall. It was a beautiful example of a company (not investors, the heads of the company) hiding information and downplaying it.
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