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February 19, 2008
Following his recent article describing the failed leadership of the FDA, Byron Richards, comments on the February 17 story on 60 Minutes which dealt with how Trasylol, a deadly heart-bypass drug, has been harming and killing thousands of Americans. Byron Richards reported on this story over a year ago.
60 Minutes told the world last night that FDA ineptitude over the heart-bypass drug Trasylol cost 1,000 American lives a month, killing at least 22,000 Americans while the FDA dragged its feet. Yes it’s true, I don’t have as much clout as 60 Minutes—as I broke the same story over a year ago. I’m just happy to see the truth start to come out and that there are people actually interested.
The reason 22,000 Americans had to die was so that the FDA wouldn’t look bad. FDA leadership, under the guidance of Andrew von Eschenbach, was also acting to protect Bayer from an avalanche of lawsuits. It is not simply an administrative mistake that so many lives were lost. Sure it was stupid. It was also intentional. It is high time that those in drug companies or the FDA who knowingly and recklessly kill Americans are held accountable.
Continue reading, ‘Comment: 60 Minutes Blows the Lid off the FDA’s Trasylol Scandal.’