[Bob Dawson]

Hello Amgen. How’s things? Doin’ okay?

Jim Edwards gets lots of Pharma news from his sources.
On Bnet ( CBS Interactive Company)

http://www.bnet.com/blog/drug-busine...l-records/5342

,,,,, Yet two of those accusers, former Amgen drug sales reps, say that looking through doctors’ files for new patients was part of the company’s marketing strategy. If true, there’s a fairly simple management lesson here: Make sure your marketing strategy isn’t dependent on violations of federal law……
…..Additionally, numerous current and former Amgen employees, including recently some executive vice presidents and other officers of the Company, have received grand jury subpoenas to provide testimony on a wide variety of subjects….

At the bottom of the article, there are links to more:
• When Is a Kickback Not a Kickback? In Amgen Case, It’s When You Filled Out Paperwork to Get It
• Aranesp Suit: What Did Amgen CEO Sharer Know (and Did He Read It in His Company’s PowerPoint Slides)?

• Suit: Amgen Under-Reported Adverse Events to FDA on All Products
• Amgen Accused of Falsifying Medical Records, Lying to Patient in Enbrel Trial

[Bob Dawson]

And Jim, thanks for tunneling into all those documents for us all. Mainstream journalism did not used to go after the evidence like that. Must have been a busy photocopy machine somewhere.

Within Amgen, the noise of all those whistle blowers is intense. What ever happened to employee loyalty? Violate all the laws of man, god and nature and all of a sudden the Parkinson's Underground Internet is on your case. Is nothing sacred anymore? Time was the peasants knew their place. These days, it's so hard to get good help. They should tell Al Gore to go to his basement and unplug the internet before we all get in trouble.