Behind the Bastards
Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Robert and Kaveh conclude the thrilling sort of how Merck killed 55,000 Americans with Vioxx and then convinced the media they were the good guys somehow. Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/ https://archive.is/Trdy2#selection-695.1-723.182 https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx https://web.archive.org/web/20170409143210/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/06/scott_reuben_a_former_baystate.html https://www.jci.org/articles/view/38430 https://archive.is/Yjj91#selection-835.0-993.212 https://www.vice.com/en/article/fraud-misconduct-mistakes-this-blog-finds-the-stories-behind-retracted-papers/ https://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Policy-Management/Article/03-09/Fraud-Case-Rocks-Anesthesiology-Community/12634?ses=ogst https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2019/the-pain-gap/ https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=jcred https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1234&context=lclr Nesi, Tom. Poison Pills: The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal (p. 31). St. Martin's Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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