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<title><![CDATA[Organização Mundial de Saúde planeou  "O Medo Global da Gripe Suína" -  suspeitas de corrupção]]></title>
<link>http://raivaescondida.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/organizacao-mundial-de-saude-planeou-o-medo-gripe-suina-global-suspeitas-de-corrupcao/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Novye Izvestija Novye Izvestija November 26, 2009 26 de novembro de 2009 Translated from Russian by ]]></description>
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<p>Novye Izvestija Novye Izvestija<br />
November 26, 2009 26 de novembro de 2009</p>
<p>Translated from Russian by Infowars Ireland Traduzido do russo por Infowars Irlanda</p>
<p>A pandemia de gripe suína que Novye Izvestija tem escrito sobre esre assunto, pode ser o embuste mais ambicioso e de corrupção do nosso tempo. Em qualquer caso, o aspecto comercial do enorme susto &#8220;gripe suína&#8221; é já evidente.</p>
<p>A mesma conclusão foi feita por jornalistas dinamarqueses que habilmente examinaram as relações entre a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) e empresas farmaceuticas de todos o mundo, ganharam fortunas com a venda de drogas para combater a doença. Acontece, por exemplo, que muitos cientistas que se sentam em vários comitês da OMS, cuidadosamente ocultando o fato de que recebem dinheiro das empresas multinacionais farmacêuticas do mundo.</p>
<p>De acordo com o banco de investimento internacional da JP Morgan, a indústria farmacêutica vai fazer mais de 7 bilhões de euros este ano com a venda de vacinas contra H1N1. Os principais países ocidentais têm encomendado doses suficientes para vacinar toda a população, quer a sua (como a Austrália), ou um terço (Alemanha e em vários outros Estados-membros da UE).Fábricas de vacinas e comprimidos estão trabalhando dia e noite, em quatro rotações por turnos, com uma carteira de encomendas &#8230; eles não estão enfrentando a crise econômica mundial como pode acontece com outros.</p>
<p>Pela primeira vez em muitos anos de pandemia de gripe &#8220;o pânico&#8221; tem afetado a UE. A vacina foi produzida sem um número suficiente de exames clínicos e exames laboratoriais.</p>
<p>É um tal pânico justificado?  um número crescente de especialistas está examinando a questão comparando as estatísticas de mortalidade do vírus da gripe suína e a &#8220;convencional&#8221;,que no Outono começam sua marcha por todo o planeta. Até agora, segundo a OMS, seis mil pessoas foram vítimas de H1N1, enquanto a taxa de mortalidade média anual durante as epidemias  &#8216;tradicionais&#8217; de gripe atinge meio milhão.</p>
<p>A principal causa da reação histérica à epidemia da gripe suína, de acordo com os repórteres do jornal dinamarquês &#8216;Informação&#8217;, não é porque ele é tão perigoso, mas por causa de uma forte campanha de relações públicas por especialistas da OMS.  Alguns deles [especialistas da OMS], estão, literalmente, ao serviço dos fabricantes de vacinas.</p>
<p>&#8220;É preocupante que muitos dos cientistas que se sentam em vários comitês da OMS, são apresentados como&#8221; peritos independentes, mas escondem o fato de que recebem dinheiro das empresas farmacêuticas &#8220;, confessou o professor de epidemiologia, Tom Jefferson, que trabalha na do Centro Cochrane, em Roma, a repórteres.</p>
<p>A OMS anunciou a pandemia da gripe suína sob pressão de um painel de conselheiros, liderado por um médico holandês, Albert Ostenhaus, apelidado de &#8220;Dr. Flu&#8217; (do nome &#8216;Tamiflu&#8217;), porque ele era activo na promoção da vacinação em massa da população através da OMS e dos média ocidentais.  Agora, o governo da Holanda está a realizar um inquérito de emergência às actividades do &#8220;Doutor Flu&#8221;, tal se tornou conhecido que ele recebe um salário de várias companhias de fabricação de vacinas. Muitos outros conselheiros que se sentam nas duas cadeiras &#8216;(conflito de interesses) como Ostenhaus, e ao mesmo tempo a lidar com a pandemia da gripe suína, em nome da OMS, eles não gostam de anunciar que são pagos como assessores das gigantes farmacêuticas Roche, Johnson RW, SmithKline Beecham e Glaxo Wellcome, que receberam a maior parte das encomendas para a fabricação de vacinas. O resultado da pressão desses especialistas foi a resolução da OMS em 7 de julho deste ano, que apelou para uma campanha inédita de vacinação em massa.</p>
<p>&#8220;A OMS é tendenciosa em suas recomendações &#8211; diz o professor Tom Jefferson. – Medidas de higiene normal proporcionam efeitos muito maiores do que estas vacinas pouco estudadas, e ao mesmo tempo, a OMS refere-se ao uso de máscaras e lavar as mãos como um meio para combater a gripe suína apenas duas vezes em seus documentos.  Vacinas e outros medicamentos são referidas 42 vezes! &#8220;Dr. Jefferson e vários de seus colegas acreditam que os assessores pagos pelas empresas farmacêuticas devem ser removidos de suas posições e não autorizados a dar recomendações à OMS, mas a própria organização não tem pressa para realizar essa reforma.Porta-voz da OMS, Gregory Hertl, comentando o artigo na &#8216;Informação&#8217; (jornal dinamarquês) disse que é impossível negar os serviços dos maiores especialistas do mundo pela simples razão de que eles têm um interesse financeiro na promoção de uma estratégia para combater diversas doenças.</p>
<p>Refira-se que este não é o primeiro ano em que o tema da corrupção &#8220;em farmacologia tem sido o foco dos média ocidentais. The New England Journal of Medicine publicou &#8220;o denunciante&#8221; há vários anos. Em uma série de artigos do denunciante revelou a vida dentro da &#8220;máfia de branco&#8221;. Segundo eles, apenas 11-14% dos orçamentos das empresas farmacêuticas são gastos em pesquisa, mas 36% dos fundos são gastos no PR. Grande parte do dinheiro acaba nos bolsos dos médicos, cientistas, e as contas de várias organizações que trabalham em cuidados de saúde.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[GRIPE A: Carta de una médico a la Ministra de Sanidad.]]></title>
<link>http://sobrado.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/gripe-a-carta-de-una-medico-a-la-ministra-de-sanidad/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Poniendo los puntos sobre las ies. Carta de una médico a la Ministra de Sanidad View more documents ]]></description>
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<p align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">VER:</span></strong> <a href="http://josesobrado.blogspot.com/2009/11/gripe-polonia-rechaza-comprar-vacunas.html" target="_blank">GRIPE A: Polonia rechaza comprar vacunas.</a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">La Ministra de Sanidad polaca es una profesional de la medicina, no de la política. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://sobrado.esmiweb.com/" target="_blank">sobrado.esmiweb.com</a> </p>
<p align="justify">José Sobrado García</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy to work]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If Mr.Roche is as happy to go to work as the little man in his sign is he is a lucky guy. There is n]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[“Eu tenho uma vida excelente”, diz Larissa sobre sua vida com 25 anos de artrite]]></title>
<link>http://transplanteosseo.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/%e2%80%9ceu-tenho-uma-vida-excelente%e2%80%9d-diz-a-jornalista-larissa-jansen-sobre-sua-vida-de-transplante-e-com-artrite-juvenil/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Por Alessandro Mendes www.azimutecomunicacao.com.br  Entrevista Larissa Jansen  “Eu tenho uma vida e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>Por Alessandro Mendes</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><a href="http://www.azimutecomunicacao.com.br/">www.azimutecomunicacao.com.br</a></em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p>
<p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Entrevista Larissa Jansen</span></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>“Eu tenho uma vida excelente”</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>A jornalista Larissa de Menezes Jansen, 32 anos, tem artrite idiopática juvenil desde os sete anos de idade. Nos 25 anos de convivência com a doença, enfrentou diversas dificuldades, fez duas cirurgias de prótese no quadril, uma delas com enxerto ósseo, ficou um período na cadeira de rodas e teve várias articulações comprometidas. Mas, apesar de tudo, é uma pessoa que não se deixa abater, que aceita a própria condição e busca levar a melhor vida possível. “Meu lema é: a doença não me domina. É um pedaço da minha vida, mas não o mais importante. O paciente reumático não pode se entregar nunca”, afirma.</p>
<p>Larissa conta sua história com a doença no livro <em>Diário de um Transplante Ósseo, </em>cuja segunda edição acaba de ser lançada e está à venda em livrarias e na internet. A jornalista usa o livro como suporte em uma campanha de doação de ossos, iniciada em 2007. “Pouquíssimas pessoas têm informações sobre o assunto. Na verdade, a maior parte das pessoas nem sabe que é possível doar e transplantar ossos”, destaca. Outro item importante na campanha é contribuir para que os pacientes reumáticos entendam melhor suas doenças e lutem para combatê-las.</p>
<p><strong>Blog – Qual é o seu histórico com a doença?</strong></p>
<p>Larissa – Aos sete anos, de um dia para o outro, comecei a ter muita dor nas articulações, uma febre doida que não baixava nunca, em 12 horas parei de andar e de abrir a boca. Meu diagnóstico, ao contrário do que ocorre normalmente, foi rápido, levei dois ou três meses para saber que tinha artrite reumatoide juvenil, hoje chamada de artrite idiopática juvenil.  Nos primeiros sete anos com a doença, não havia tratamento adequado, era praticamente apenas controle da dor. Com isso, minha doença evoluiu bastante, hoje tenho todas as articulações comprometidas. Aos 16 anos, quase não tinha mobilidade, era praticamente cadeirante, e fui me tratar nos Estados Unidos. Lá, fiz, em 1994, minha primeira prótese de quadril, que começou a apresentar problemas oito anos depois. Em 2006, fiz outra prótese, desta vez com enxerto ósseo.</p>
<p><strong>Blog – Como foi essa segunda cirurgia?</strong></p>
<p>Larissa – Em 2002, comecei a sentir dores no local das próteses. Durante três anos fiquei procurando um especialista e, em 2005, conheci o Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia, no Rio de Janeiro, onde está o único banco de ossos gratuito do Brasil. Nesse mesmo ano, entrei na fila do transplante ósseo, já que além de outra prótese, teria de fazer enxerto. Fiquei um ano na fila porque minha situação era muito séria. O tempo médio de espera é de cinco anos, tem gente que entra na fila com lesão grau um e, quando chega a vez, já está em grau quatro. Fiz a cirurgia em junho de 2006. Conto toda a história em meu livro, <em>Diário de um Transplante Ósseo</em>.<strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Blog – Como surgiu a ideia do livro?</strong></p>
<p>Larissa – Fiquei muito sensibilizada com a situação das pessoas que necessitam de transplante ósseo e com a enorme falta de doadores. O livro foi uma forma de repassar informações sobre doação de ossos, de tentar sensibilizar pessoas para o problema. Também quis passar um pouco da minha experiência pessoal, muita gente desiste de lutar contra a doença e isso é um absurdo. Meu lema é: a doença não me domina. É um pedaço da minha vida, mas não o mais importante. O paciente reumático não pode se entregar nunca.</p>
<p><strong>Blog – E a campanha de doação de ossos?</strong></p>
<p>Larissa – A partir do livro, comecei em 2007 a campanha. Participo de eventos, busco espaço na imprensa, criei um <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://transplanteosseo.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/hello-world/">blog</a></span> para falar discutir o assunto. Faço o que está ao meu alcance para aumentar o conhecimento das pessoas sobre a questão da doação de ossos.</p>
<p><strong>Blog – Como é o dia a dia com a artrite idiopática juvenil?</strong></p>
<p>Larissa – Procuro ser o mais independente possível, tenho meu trabalho, dirijo&#8230; Mas tenho as limitações impostas pela doença, não consigo calçar sapato, nem me pentear sozinha, por exemplo. Sinto dores diárias, tomo remédios para controle da artrite e também, às vezes, um analgésico forte, principalmente quando faço muita atividade, o que tem sido muito comum devido à minha profissão e aos meus trabalhos na campanha de doação de ossos. Lidar com a dor é muito complicado, o paciente reumático precisa aprender a conviver com ela, a lidar com a depressão, a aceitar-se como uma pessoa com deficiência&#8230; Também temos de lidar no dia a dia com o preconceito, com a dificuldade de ser aceito. Mas o importante é não se entregar, buscar viver da melhor maneira possível. Eu tenho uma vida excelente!”<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Agradecimentos: Agradecemos a ROCHE por liberar a publicação da entrevista no blog <a href="http://www.transplanteosseo.wordpress.com/">www.transplanteosseo.wordpress.com</a>. </em></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[GRIPE A:  Polonia rechaza comprar vacunas.]]></title>
<link>http://sobrado.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/gripe-a-polonia-rechaza-comprar-vacunas/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Según publica The Chronicle Herald, Donald Tusk trasladó a los periodistas que los fabricantes de es]]></description>
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<p align="justify">&#8220;Hoy nos enfrentamos a una gran presión de las empresas farmacéuticas para comprar esta vacuna, mientras que nadie nos da garantías de que no tenga efectos secundarios adversos&#8221;,</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://autismointegral.blogspot.com/2009/11/gripe-la-ministra-de-sanidad-polaca.html" target="_blank"><b>La Ministra de Sanidad polaca `piensa como Sor Teresa Forcades.</b> </a></p>
<p align="justify">Hoy no hablamos de autismo, sino de las vacunas de la Gripe A, &#8220;agua bendita&#8221;, en alusión a que son un timo, en palabras de la Ministra de Sanidad de Polonia. </p>
<p align="justify">Recientemente la benedictina Teresa Forcades ha sido atacada desde el periódico El País, por el periodista Emilio de Benito y otra periodista. Emilio de Benito es vocal de ANIS, la Asociación Nacional (española) de Informadores de la Salud, patrocinada por la industria farmacéutica (el Vicepresidente segundo y tesorero es Julián Zabala, Director de Comunicación de Farmaindustria; <a href="http://www.anisalud.com/view_manager.html?root=4315,4329" target="_blank">pueden verlo en este enlace). </a></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:#ff0000;">Intervención de la Ministra de Sanidad en el Parlamento</span> </b></p>
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<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">VER:</span></strong> <a href="http://josesobrado.blogspot.com/2009/11/gripe-dos-embarazadas-abortan-tras-ser.html" target="_blank">GRIPE A: Dos embarazadas abortan tras ser vacunadas.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Una mas del pollo de hule]]></title>
<link>http://lacombi.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/una-mas-del-pollo-de-hule/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[El jueves vimos al presidente de la FEPUC moverse como loco para lograr la reeleccion de su movimien]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">El jueves vimos al presidente de la FEPUC moverse como loco para lograr la reeleccion de su movimiento: COHERENCIA UNIVERSITARIA. No solo llamo desde la oficina de la fepuc a la gente para que vaya a votar &#8220;Por Primero Derecho y por Coherencia a fepuc&#8221; como ya nos han confirmado algunos informantes, sino que tambien se levanto las urnas de ingenieria transportandolas de un lado a otro. Pero SIFUENTES no solo tuvo el descaro de hacer estas cosas, sino que fue mas alla: FUE PERSONERO DE COHERENCIA UNIVERSITARIA.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#008000;">El grupete que se rasga las vestiduras por la &#8220;etica y la moral&#8221;, es como ya hemos comenzado a ver una verdadera MANZANA PODRIDA, llena de gusanos&#8230;uno de ellos denominado POLLO DE HULE. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ricardo Sifuentes, que antes ya ha CENSURADO COMENTARIOS EN EL BLOG DE LA FEPUC, y que ha utilizado las computadoras de la oficina de la FEPUC para comentar en blogs como La Combi insultando a los estudiantes que no piensan como el, cambiandose de nombre y utilizando seudonimos, ahora<strong> TAMPOCO LE GUSTA SER FILMADO CON LAS MANOS EN LA MASA Y LLORA POR LA AYUDA DEL FISCAL DE LETRAS, SERGIO SARAVIA: DICHO SEA DE PASO OTRO MIEMBRO DE COHERENCIA UNIVERSITARIA.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Entendemos que el señor Sifuentes tiene una vida que se llena con estar en la oficina de la fepuc jugando con la computadora hasta altas horas de la noche, o metiendose en blogs para insultar con seudonimos que demuestran claramente su espiritu (como dicen en europa) TRAVESTITO. Pero ¿por que no se dedica a cumplir sus promesas electorales que en este mismo blog ya vimos que estan INCUMPLIDAS EN SU MAYORIA?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Señor Sifuentes, dinosaurio de la politica gremial&#8230;. BUSQUESE UNA VIDA! Aproveche que deja la FEPUC para hacer algo, para al menos comprarse una mejor bicicleta.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Pd: Me parece totalmente <strong>INCOHERENTE</strong> que el señor Sifuentes me diga &#8220;No te he autorizado a que me grabes&#8221;&#8230; ¿Acaso los empleados de la PUCP a quienes grabo cuando trajeron a la nutricionista, dieron su autorizacion? ¿Acaso recibidio autorizacion para insultar a nuestro rector en su ridicula marcha por el 6%? SIFUENTES NO TENEMOS PORQUE RESPETARTE SI TU NO RESPETAS A QUIENES TAMBIEN SE MERECEN RESPETO.</span></p>
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<link>http://samapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/tamiflu-resistant-swine-flu-strain-spreads-in-uk/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tamiflu: What Now? As various health bodies are still struggling to counter the swine flu pandemic, ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">As various health bodies are still struggling to counter the swine flu pandemic, reports of a Tamiflu resistance developing in a few individuals across the world were causing concerns. Now, to add to their worries, UK has reported the first instance of <strong>confirmed cases of person-to-person transmission of a Tamiflu-resistant strain</strong> in the world.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Some other reports also listed cases of scores individuals developing the drug resistant strain but there were no reports of person-to-person transmission. Authorities <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8370859.stm">reported</a> five patients at a unit treating people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff to be the first confirmed cases of this form of infection.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The current case raises alarm as winter is setting in and WHO has already warned about severe outbreak across the world. Among the five British patients two have reportedly recovered and discharged from hospital while one remains in intensive care and the remaining two are on the ward.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The doctors say that they were not unaware of such a complication given the fact that drugs and the medical complications suppress immune system of the patients. They also informed that the current strain is also not much deadlier than the strain circulating since April this year.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">UK has already stocked Tamiflu to suffice the needs of at least half of it&#8217;s population. This Thursday authorities <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8370859.stm">announced</a> that more than three million healthy children under five across the UK will be offered shots. Current estimates show 53,000 new cases of swine flu in England in the last week, which was down from 64,000 in the prior week. Scotland also reported a drop of 300 patients over the last week period of 21, 500.</p>
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<link>http://dprogram.net/2009/11/20/video-urgent-fed-audit-under-attack/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://theolounge.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/schweinegrippe-eine-etwas-andere-sichtweise/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GRIPE A: Dos embarazadas abortan tras ser vacunadas.]]></title>
<link>http://sobrado.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/gripe-a-dos-embarazadas-abortan-tras-ser-vacunadas/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dos embarazadas en la semana 33 y 34 de gestación, a los tres días de ser vacunadas contra la gripe ]]></description>
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<p>Los médicos arremeten contra la campaña de la gripe y el «despilfarro» en la compra de vacunas.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.irun.org/Enlaces/00007675.gif" alt="Tratamiento antigripal" /></p>
<p>VER: <a href="http://josesobrado.blogspot.com/2009/10/gripe-el-negocio-del-miedo-iii.html" target="_blank">GRIPE A: El negocio del miedo (III) </a></p>
<p><a href="http://sobrado.esmiweb.com/" target="_blank">sobrado.esmiweb.com</a></p>
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<link>http://dprogram.net/2009/11/18/video-secret-global-copyright-agreement-will-be-executive-order/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Fox) &#8211; Judge Napolitano &amp; Shelly Roche on ACTA &#8211; November 18, 2009]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Congressional Record: Genentech's House Organ?]]></title>
<link>http://theweekinethics.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/corporate-ghostwriting-ethics-of-manipulating-ideas/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gael O&#39;Brien</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Genentech, the biotechnology behemoth, has been caught ghostwriting and mass marketing its ideas on ]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp?q=Genentech&#38;ie=utf-8&#38;oe=utf-8&#38;aq=t&#38;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#38;client=firefox-a"><strong>Genentech</strong></a>, the biotechnology behemoth, has been caught ghostwriting and mass marketing its ideas on health care reform and putting them into the mouths of a few dozen congressmen, many of whom entered the statements into the Congressional Record as their own.</p>
<p>The repetitiveness of the statements triggered a <em>New York Times </em>reporter’s investigation which found Genentech behind the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15health.html?scp=1&#38;sq=%22In%20House%20Record,%20Many%20Spoke%20with%20One%20Voice:%20The%20Lobbyists&#38;st=cse"><strong>voice</strong></a>. The reporter also found a link between congressmen making statements Genentech sent and those receiving campaign contributions from Genentech and its parent Roche; a connection Genentech denies.</p>
<p>When an 11-year old is caught doing something wrong, the lament is “but everyone does it;” a lobbyist affiliated with Genentech had the same response: “This happens all the time. There was nothing nefarious about it.” Some congressional staffers and lobbyists weighing in on this agreed: no big deal.</p>
<p>Intellectualizing here is a slippery slope: you can be pragmatic and keep trust, but in this case trust was broken.  Lobbyists are great resources; advancing their companies’ agendas, they seek the sweet spot to anticipate or accommodate what an elected official needs as well as their company. But the system breaks down when the public doesn’t know whose unattributed voice comes out of the leaders&#8217; mouths we elect. It breaks down in an orchestrated effort to enlist as many statements<strong> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15health.html?_r=1&#38;scp=1&#38;sq=%22In%20House%20Record,%20Many%20Spoke%20with%20One%20Voice:%20The%20Lobbyists&#38;st=cse">as humanly possible </a></strong>from legislators using Genentech’s words as their own. It breaks down without transparency.</p>
<p>This isn’t a case where the orchestration impacted a vote. But Genentech’s example is illustrative of a larger issue: a potential for an Orwellian spin on groupthink, how influence can manipulate and why the bar needs to be raised. A company’s actions may stop far short of showing “undue influence,” which is illegal. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t corrupting the channels of communication.</p>
<p>The story has another cautionary aspect. When U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell Jr. from New Jersey was asked by the <em>New York Times</em> why his statement was nearly identical to so many of his colleagues, he said he’d gotten it from his staff but he didn’t know where they&#8217;d gotten the information. “I regret the information was the same,” he said. Any elected official or CEO who doesn’t know where his or her information comes from is inviting manipulation or turning a blind eye to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/business/media/03leonhardt.html"><strong>plagiarism</strong></a>. Both explanations undermine the potential for ethical leadership, and both squander trust and credibility.</p>
<p>One would think it is an embarrassing episode for the congressmen involved, but I don’t presume to know anymore what is capable of embarrassing a congressman. And Genentech management, are they embarrassed? Roche acquired the company earlier this year, replacing <a href="http://online.barrons.com/article/SB114324409971207983.html"><strong>highly regarded,</strong></a> long-time CEO <a href="http://www.beearly.com/pdfFiles/Barrons2732006.pdf"><strong> </strong></a> <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/which-ceos-were-naughty-and-nice-in-2008/"><strong>Arthur Levinson</strong></a> – under whose leadership Genentech regularly won top spots on the <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2008/snapshots/1092.html"><strong>most admired</strong></a>, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/5.html"><strong>best companies</strong></a> to work for, and <a href="http://www.gene.com/gene/about/corporate/awards/index.html"><strong>other </strong></a>lists – with a Roche executive. Would this have happened, one wonders, under Levinson’s tenure as CEO?</p>
<p>Gael O&#8217;Brien,       November 17, 2009</p>
<p><a href="http://theweekinethics.wordpress.com/"><strong>The Week In Ethics</strong></a></p>
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<div>The World&#8217;s Largest Pharmaceutical Corps, doing &#8220;The Great Work&#8221; of  mystic alchemy &#8211;?&#8211;</div>
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<div><strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> &#8211; (UK), largest overall; began in Philadelphia, PA. USA; several mergers with Beckman Instruments (1982), Beecham (1989) and GlaxoWellcome in 2000 make GSK the world leader.</div>
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<div><strong>Teva</strong> &#8211; (Israel)meaning &#8220;nature&#8221; in Hebrew;  the largest producer of generic drugs established in Jerusalem in 1901, grown through acquisitions that made it Israel&#8217;s biggest corporation by the 1970s; specializes in proprietary products to treat neurological diseases; subsidiaries and partnerships in veterinary medicines</div>
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<div><strong>Roche</strong> &#8211; (Basel, Switzerland), established as Hoffmann-LaRoche in 1896. In 1905 created an American subsidiary based on vitamin sales. Roche is at the forefront of genetic engineering and diagnostic products worldwide; acquired 100% of <strong>Genentech</strong> in March 2009; partner/owner with <strong>Chugai</strong></div>
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<div>CIBA &#8211; (Basel, Switz.) founded by Alexander Clavel as a dye-maker in 1859; merged with J.R. Geigy in 1971 and in 1996 established Novartis from a merger with Sandoz.</div>
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<div><strong>Novartis</strong> &#8211; (Basel, Switz.), #1 in revenues in 2008 ($53 billion) and #3 in sales; the larger entity of CIBA and Sandoz which also holds a 33% interest in Roche</div>
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<div>Sandoz &#8211; (Basel, Switz.), founded 1886 as an industrial dye-maker; produced saccharin in 1899; spun off the specialty chemicals division and sold it to BASF; acquired food products manuf. in its growth which were partially divested in the merger with CIBA; famous for Albert Hofmann&#8217;s discovery of LSD</div>
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<div><strong>Hoechst</strong> <strong>AG</strong> (Germany) &#8211; largest chemical manufacturer in the world; historic member of the 1925 I.G. Farben cartel; founded by Eugen Lucius in 1863 as an aniline dye-maker near Frankfurt; producer of Novocaine, Salvarsan (syphilis treatment) and insulin. In 1995, Hoechst acquired Marion-Merrell-Dow which made it #3 in pharmaceuticals at the time <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/hoechst-ag">http://www.answers.com/topic/hoechst-ag</a></div>
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<div>Imperial Chemicals Inc. &#8211; (UK), ICI Pharmaceutical was founded in 1957 as a division of the giant ICI which was established by merger in 1926. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries</a> , belonging to the Dutch conglomerate Akzo Nobel. ICI owns <strong>AstraZeneca </strong>which bought MedImmune, the makers of &#8220;<strong>FluMist</strong>&#8220;</div>
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<div><strong>Pfizer</strong> &#8211; (USA), established in Brooklyn, New York in 1849 as a maker of citric acid; bought out Upjohn, Parke-Davis, Warner Lambert, Pharmacia (owned by <strong>Monsanto</strong>) and Wyeth (formerly <strong>Sterling</strong> <strong>Drug</strong>, the American subsidiary of I.G. Farben). In 2006, sales were at $48.4 billion.</div>
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<div><strong>Sanofi</strong>-<strong>Pasteur</strong> &#8211; (France) world&#8217;s largest subsidiary vaccine-maker for Sanofi-Aventis, headquartered in Lyon, France with production in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania; maker of &#8220;<strong>FluZone</strong>&#8221; for the U.S. military.</div>
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<div><strong>Sanofi</strong>-<strong>Aventis</strong> &#8211; (France), created by a merger in 2004 between Aventis(1999 merger of Rhone-Poulenc and Hoechst AG) and Sanofi;  from the original founding of the Merieux Biological Institute in Lyon in 1897. Sanofi-Aventis became the 3rd largest pharmaceutical after its creation behind GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.</div>
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<div>Wyeth &#8211; (USA)  renamed from Sterling Drug Inc. (I.G.Farben) on March11,2002; merged with Pfizer in 2009. In 1932 Wyeth Chemical Company was acquired by <strong>American</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Products, </strong>Sterling&#8217;s holding company. AHP owned major processed food brands and grew Wyeth large making penicillin and polio vaccines for the USgovt; between 1930 and 2000, Wyeth (Sterling-Winthrop-AHP) acquired Ayerst, American Cyanimid and LeDerle.</div>
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<div><strong>Merck</strong> &#8211; (USA), founded by George Merck and Theodore Weicker in 1889 New Jersey; was the world&#8217;s largest producer of vaccines (now behind Sanofi-Pasteur), merged with Sharp &#38; Dohme in 1953, acquired Medco Containment Services in 1993 and became the largest internet pharmacy. In Nov. of 2009, Merck merged with <strong>Schering</strong>-<strong>Plough</strong>. George W. Merck is infamous for directing Germ Warfare programs at Fort Detrick for the War Research Service. During the 1990s Merck was the largest pharmaceutical operation in the world, still ranking in the top 7.</div>
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<div><strong>Bayer</strong> I.G. &#8211; (Germany), began as a dye company and consolidated into FarbenFabriken in 1881 [<strong>I.G.</strong> <strong>Farben</strong>]. In 1894, chemist Felix Hoffmann joined the staff and in 1897, Bayer made the first commercial aspirin. [see <strong>Sterling</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> Inc.]</div>
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<div>Squibb &#8211; (USA), Bristol-Myers-Squibb, created by a merger in Nov. of 1989 of New Jersey-based originals Squibb (est. in 1858) and Bristol-Myers (est. in 1887); owner of Mead Johnson; <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/bristol-myers-squibb-co">http://www.answers.com/topic/bristol-myers-squibb-co</a></div>
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<div>Johnson and Johnson &#8211; (USA), incorporated in 1887 as Mead Johnson; headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey; owns over 230 subsidiaries; member of the &#8220;Green Power Partnership&#8221; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_and_Johnson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_and_Johnson</a> </div>
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<div>Eli Lilly - (USA) family company founded in Indianapolis in 1876 by Col. Eli Lilly; first makers of insulin from swine and cattle in 1923; introduced Lilly&#8217;s liver pills in 1930; grew wealthy from penicillin in WWII; made 60% of the Salk polio vaccine; makers of Prozac <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/eli-lilly-co">http://www.answers.com/topic/eli-lilly-co</a> </div>
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<div>G.D. Searle &#8211; (USA) of Omaha Nebraska incorporated in 1908 Chicago; made the first birth control pill, Enovid, in 1960; in 1975 Donald H. Rumsfeld became CEO/pres.; Nutrasweet/<strong>aspartame</strong> introduced in 1981; acquired as a wholly-owned subsidiary of <strong>Monsanto</strong> in Oct. 1985; maker of the blockbuster Celebrex <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/g-d-searle-co">http://www.answers.com/topic/g-d-searle-co</a></div>
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<div>CSL Behring &#8211; (Australia), begun in Marburg, Germany by the Swiss, Emil von Behring; headquartered in King of Prussia,Pennsylvania  <a href="http://www.csl.com.au/s1/cs/auhq/1187378853379/content/1196562730282/content.htm">http://www.csl.com.au/s1/cs/auhq/1187378853379/content/1196562730282/content.htm</a></div>
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<div>Baxter International &#8211; (USA) headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois; founded in 1931 by Dr. Davis Baxter to make intravenous (IV) and blood products; bought in 1935 by Ralph Falk. Distribution of Baxter products was achieved by partnership with American Hospital Supply Corporation, which it acquired in 1985. In 1945, due to WWII, Baxter established &#8220;the most outstanding growth record in American industry&#8221; history under the leadership of CEO William B. Graham. Baxter specialized in kidney dialysis equipment developed by Dutch doctor Willem Kolff in 1956. In 1995, it opened the first of several plants in China; in 2000, acquired North American Vaccine; in 2001 contracted to make smallpox vaccine in a joint venture with Acambis, Inc. (Acambis was bought by Sanofi-Pasteur/2009). In June of 2009 , Baxter announced it would be first to have a ready H1N1 vaccine <a href="http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/company_profile/sub/history.html">http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/company_profile/sub/history.html</a></div>
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<div>Gilead (USA) &#8211; founded in 1987, Foster City, California (S.F. Bay area), specialized in HIV-AIDS treatments; 2008 revenues over $5 billion <a href="http://www.gilead.com/corporate_overview">http://www.gilead.com/corporate_overview</a>  Current CEO/Chairman, John C. Martin who is also on the Boards of UC School of Global Health, Gen-Probe Incorporated, and the President&#8217;s Advisory Council on HIV-AIDS.</div>
<div>Gen-Probe Incorporated, diagnostics est. 1983  <a href="http://www.gen-probe.com/about/corporate_history.aspx">http://www.gen-probe.com/about/corporate_history.aspx</a></div>
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<div>Genentech (USA) &#8211; founded 1976, San Francisco, CA; leading pioneer of biotechnology; bought by Roche in Mar2009; employs over 11,000 in Calif., Spain and Singapore <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genentech">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genentech</a></div>
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<div>Applied Biosystems (USA)</div>
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<link>http://rogerhollander.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/in-house-many-spoke-with-one-voice-lobbyists%e2%80%99/</link>
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<div>Published: November 14, 2009</div>
<div>New York Times</div>
<p>WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.</p>
<p>Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.</p>
<p>E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans.</p>
<p>The lobbyists, employed by Genentech and by two Washington law firms, were remarkably successful in getting the statements printed in the Congressional Record under the names of different members of Congress.</p>
<p>Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, estimates that 42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats, an unusual bipartisan coup for lobbyists.</p>
<p>In an interview, Representative <a title="More articles about William J. Jr. Pascrell." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/william_j_jr_pascrell/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Bill Pascrell Jr.</a>, Democrat of New Jersey, said: “I regret that the language was the same. I did not know it was.” He said he got his statement from his staff and “did not know where they got the information from.”</p>
<p>Members of Congress submit statements for publication in the Congressional Record all the time, often with a decorous request to “revise and extend my remarks.” It is unusual for so many revisions and extensions to match up word for word. It is even more unusual to find clear evidence that the statements originated with lobbyists.</p>
<p>The e-mail messages and their attached documents indicate that the statements were based on information supplied by Genentech employees to one of its lobbyists, Matthew L. Berzok, a lawyer at Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli &#38; Berzok who is identified as the “author” of the documents. The statements were disseminated by lobbyists at a big law firm, Sonnenschein Nath &#38; Rosenthal.</p>
<p>In an e-mail message to fellow lobbyists on Nov. 5, two days before the House vote, Todd M. Weiss, senior managing director of Sonnenschein, said, “We are trying to secure as many House R’s and D’s to offer this/these statements for the record as humanly possible.”</p>
<p>He told the lobbyists to “conduct aggressive outreach to your contacts on the Hill to see if their bosses would offer the attached statements (or an edited version) for the record.”</p>
<p>In recent years, Genentech’s political action committee and lobbyists for Roche and Genentech have made campaign contributions to many House members, including some who filed statements in the Congressional Record. And company employees have been among the hosts at fund-raisers for some of those lawmakers. But Evan L. Morris, head of Genentech’s Washington office, said, “There was no connection between the contributions and the statements.”</p>
<p>Mr. Morris said Republicans and Democrats, concerned about the unemployment rate, were receptive to the company’s arguments about the need to keep research jobs in the United States.</p>
<p>The statements were not intended to change the bill, which was not open for much amendment during the debate. They were meant to show bipartisan support for certain provisions, even though the vote on passage generally followed party lines.</p>
<p>Democrats emphasized the bill’s potential to create jobs in health care, health information technology and clinical research on new drugs.</p>
<p>Republicans opposed the bill, but praised a provision that would give the <a title="More articles about the U.S. Food And Drug Administration." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/food_and_drug_administration/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Food and Drug Administration</a> the authority to approve generic versions of expensive biotechnology drugs, along the lines favored by brand-name companies like Genentech.</p>
<p>Lawmakers from both parties said it was important to conduct research on such “biosimilar” products in the United States. Several took a swipe at aggressive Indian competitors.</p>
<p>Asked about the Congressional statements, a lobbyist close to Genentech said: “This happens all the time. There was nothing nefarious about it.”</p>
<p>In separate statements using language  suggested by the lobbyists, Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri and <a title="More articles about Joe Wilson." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/addison_graves_wilson/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Joe Wilson</a> of South Carolina, both Republicans, said: “One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country. Unfortunately, many of the largest companies that would seek to enter the biosimilar market have made their money by outsourcing their research to foreign countries like India.”</p>
<p>In remarks on the House floor, Representative Phil Hare, Democrat of Illinois, recalled that his family had faced eviction when his father was sick and could not make payments on their home. He said the House bill would save others from such hardship.</p>
<p>In a written addendum in the Congressional Record, Mr. Hare said the bill would also create high-paying jobs. Timothy Schlittner, a spokesman for Mr. Hare, said: “That part of his statement was drafted for us by Roche pharmaceutical company. It is something he agrees with.”</p>
<p>The boilerplate in the Congressional Record included some conversational touches, as if actually delivered on the House floor.</p>
<p>In the standard Democratic statement, Representative Robert A. Brady of Pennsylvania said: “Let me repeat that for some of my friends on the other side of the aisle. This bill will create high-paying, high-quality jobs in health care delivery, technology and research in the United States.”</p>
<p>Mr. Brady’s chief of staff, Stanley V. White, said he had received the draft statement from a lobbyist for Genentech’s parent company, Roche.</p>
<p>“We were approached by the lobbyist, who asked if we would be willing to enter a statement in the Congressional Record,” Mr. White said. “I asked him for a draft. I tweaked a couple of words. There’s not much reason to reinvent the wheel on a Congressional Record entry.”</p>
<p>Some differences were just a matter of style. Representative <a title="More articles about Yvette D. Clarke." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/yvette_d_clarke/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Yvette D. Clarke</a>, Democrat of New York, said, “I see this bill as an exciting opportunity to create the kind of jobs we so desperately need in this country, while at the same time improving the lives of all Americans.”</p>
<p>Representative Donald M. Payne, Democrat of New Jersey, used the same words, but said the bill would improve the lives of “ALL Americans.”</p>
<p>Mr. Payne and Mr. Brady said the bill would “create new opportunities and markets for our brightest technology minds.” Mr. Pascrell said the bill would “create new opportunities and markets for our brightest minds in technology.”</p>
<p>In nearly identical words, three Republicans — Representatives K. Michael Conaway of Texas, Lynn Jenkins of Kansas and Lee Terry of Nebraska — said they had criticized many provisions of the bill, and “rightfully so.”</p>
<p>But, each said, “I do believe the sections relating to the creation of a market for biosimilar products is one area of the bill that strikes the appropriate balance in providing lower cost options.”</p>
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<p>By <a title="Posts by Karen Tumulty" href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/author/ktumulty/" target="_blank"><strong>Karen Tumulty</strong></a>, courtesy of <a href="http://www.time.com" target="_blank"><strong>TIME</strong></a></p>
<p>Those of us former little girls of a certain age can remember a doll that we all had to have. She was called <a href="http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/chatty_cathy.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Chatty Cathy</span></a>, and if you pulled a string in her neck, she would say things like &#8220;Please brush my hair&#8221; and &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a party!&#8221;</p>
<p>It turns out that Chatty Cathy and the United States House of Representatives have a lot in common. Except in Congress&#8217; case, it is the biotechnology industry that has been pulling the string.</p>
<p>In today&#8217;s New York Times, Robert Pear has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15health.html?_r=1&#38;hp=&#38;adxnnl=1&#38;adxnnlx=1258293653-GWhvehWX95it1QdX9nqbYQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">a story</span></a> that tells us how it happened that more than a dozen lawmakers made virtually the same statement in the official record of the House health care debate. (It&#8217;s worth knowing that these are not necessarily speeches they gave on the floor itself, but rather, what gets printed in the Congressional Record when they ask permission to &#8220;revise and extend&#8221; their remarks. So no one actually hears them say it, but it does go into the official history of the event, and it does put them firmly on record. It also tells the lobbyists&#8217; paymasters that they are getting good return on their investment.)</p>
<p>In this case, the statement in question had actually been written by the biotechnolgy industry&#8211;which, as Michael Scherer and I wrote a few weeks back, has been <a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1931595,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">a big winner</span></a> in the health reform debate, rolling over even such powerful figures as Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman to get its way. Pear (a reporter whose digging skills are legendary among those of us who have been around Washington a while) tells us:</p>
<blockquote><p>Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, estimates that 42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats, an unusual bipartisan coup for lobbyists.</p>
<p>In an interview, Representative Bill Pascrell Jr., Democrat of New Jersey, said: “I regret that the language was the same. I did not know it was.” He said he got his statement from his staff and “did not know where they got the information from.”</p>
<p>Members of Congress submit statements for publication in the Congressional Record all the time, often with a decorous request to “revise and extend my remarks.” It is unusual for so many revisions and extensions to match up word for word. It is even more unusual to find clear evidence that the statements originated with lobbyists.</p></blockquote>
<p>Those statements generally went something like this:</p>
<blockquote><p>In separate statements using language suggested by the lobbyists, Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri and Joe Wilson of South Carolina, both Republicans, said: “One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country. Unfortunately, many of the largest companies that would seek to enter the biosimilar market have made their money by outsourcing their research to foreign countries like India.”</p>
<p>In remarks on the House floor, Representative Phil Hare, Democrat of Illinois, recalled that his family had faced eviction when his father was sick and could not make payments on their home. He said the House bill would save others from such hardship.</p>
<p>In a written addendum in the Congressional Record, Mr. Hare said the bill would also create high-paying jobs. Timothy Schlittner, a spokesman for Mr. Hare, said: “That part of his statement was drafted for us by Roche pharmaceutical company. It is something he agrees with.”</p>
<p>The boilerplate in the Congressional Record included some conversational touches, as if actually delivered on the House floor.</p>
<p>In the standard Democratic statement, Representative Robert A. Brady of Pennsylvania said: “Let me repeat that for some of my friends on the other side of the aisle. This bill will create high-paying, high-quality jobs in health care delivery, technology and research in the United States.”</p></blockquote>
<p>A lobbyist whom Pear describes as &#8220;close to Genentech&#8221; insists that there is nothing nefarious about any of this, and that it happens all the time. Indeed, this is not the first I&#8217;ve heard of something along these lines. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/17/AR2005101701918_pf.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">One practitioner</span></a> was the infamous lobbyist Jack Abramoff.:</p>
<blockquote><p>[As federal officials pursue a wide-ranging investigation into the activities of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, his arrest on fraud charges in the purchase of a Florida casino boat company has increasingly focused attention on a little-known congressman from rural Ohio.</p>
<p>Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) placed comments in the Congressional Record favorable to Abramoff's 2000 purchase of the casino boat company, SunCruz Casinos. Two years later, Ney sponsored legislation to reopen a casino for a Texas Indian tribe that Abramoff represented....]</p>
<p>A few years later, Ney paid unusual attention to another Abramoff client, the Florida gambling boat company SunCruz, which was headquartered more than 1,000 miles outside of Ney&#8217;s congressional district. Abramoff and his business partner were trying to buy the cruise ship fleet from Konstantinos &#8220;Gus&#8221; Boulis, but Boulis was demanding unwelcome additional terms.</p>
<p>In March 2000, Ney used the Congressional Record to assail Boulis.</p>
<p>&#8220;On the Ohio River we have gaming interests that run clean operations and provide quality entertainment,&#8221; Ney wrote. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to see the actions of one bad apple in Florida, or anywhere else to affect the business aspect of this industry or hurt any innocent casino patron in our country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ney&#8217;s remarks were orchestrated by Michael Scanlon, a former DeLay spokesman who had just been hired to work for Abramoff at Preston Gates &#38; Ellis LLP. Scanlon had approached Ney through his chief of staff, Neil Volz, according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Volz has repeatedly declined to be interviewed.</p>
<p>A few months later, Boulis agreed in principle to sell SunCruz to Abramoff and Kidan for $147.5 million. The deal closed in the fall. But Abramoff and Kidan failed to make good on a $23 million payment owed to Boulis, court records show.</p>
<p>When Boulis was being difficult in the negotiations, Ney again made an official statement, this time heaping praise on Kidan.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since my previous statement, I have come to learn that SunCruz Casino now finds itself under new ownership and, more importantly, that its new owner has a renowned reputation for honesty and integrity,&#8221; Ney said in the Congressional Record on Oct. 26, 2000. &#8220;The new owner, Mr. Adam Kidan, is most well known for his successful enterprise, Dial-a-Mattress, but he is also well known as a solid individual and a respected member of his community.</p>
<p>&#8220;While Mr. Kidan certainly has his hands full in his efforts to clean up SunCruz&#8217;s reputation, his track record as a businessman and as a citizen lead me to believe that he will easily transform SunCruz from a questionable enterprise to an upstanding establishment that the gaming community can be proud of.&#8221;</p>
<p>But Kidan&#8217;s &#8220;track record&#8221; included a string of lawsuits, judgments, liens, bankruptcies and failed businesses. His Dial-a-Mattress franchise in the District was in bankruptcy. He had filed personal bankruptcy, and he had surrendered his law license in New York after being accused of fraud. One of his mentors, Anthony Moscatiello, was alleged by law enforcement to be an accountant for New York&#8217;s Gambino crime family.</p>
<p>Ney later said he did not know about Kidan&#8217;s background.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ney ended up spending some time in prison; Abramoff is still there. So is this a sign of corruption, coziness or just laziness on the part of lawmakers? Whatever it is, it stinks.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.philstockworld.com/wp-content/uploads/cartoons_03-time.jpg" alt="cartoon from TIME " width="450" height="298" /></p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/us/politics/15health.html?_r=1&#38;hp=&#38;adxnnl=1&#38;adxnnlx=1258293653-GWhvehWX95it1QdX9nqbYQ" target="_blank">In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’,</a> New York Times </p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/17/AR2005101701918_pf.html" target="_blank">Lawmaker&#8217;s Abramoff Ties Investigated</a>, Washington Post</p>
<p>Cartoon: Courtesy of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/cartoonsoftheweek/0,29489,1939453_1989361,00.html" target="_blank">TIME</a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[H1N1: questione di soldi Quali interessi economici si muovono dietro l’influenza suina (influenza A)]]></description>
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H1N1: questione di soldi</p>
<p>Quali interessi economici si muovono dietro l’<strong>influenza suina</strong> (<strong>influenza A</strong>)? Malaria: nel mondo ogni anno muoiono 2 milioni di persone vittime della malaria che si potrebbe prevenire con una zanzariera. E i notiziari non dicono nulla di questo. Diarrea: nel mondo ogni anno muoiono 2 milioni di bambini di diarrea, che si potrebbe curare con un siero orale da 25 centesimi di euro. E i notiziari non dicono nulla di questo. Morbillo, polmonite, malattie curabili con vaccini a basso costo: provocano la morte di 10 milioni di persone nel mondo ogni anno. E i notiziari non ne danno notizia.<br />
Però quando anni fa è apparsa la famosa influenza aviaria i notiziari di tutto il mondo sono stati inondati di notizie, fiumi di inchiostro, segnali di allarme, un&#8217;epidemia, la più pericolosa di tutte. Si parlava solo della terrificante malattia dei polli. Ma l’influenza aviaria ha provocato solo la morte di <strong>250 persone in tutto il mondo</strong>. 250 morti in 10 anni sono in media 25 vittime all’anno. La comune influenza uccide <strong>mezzo milione di persone ogni anno nel mondo</strong>. Mezzo milione contro 25. Allora perchè suscitò tanto scalpore l’influenza dei polli? Perchè dietro quei polli c’è un “gallo”, un gallo con un grande sperone.<br />
La ditta farmaceutica<strong> Roche</strong> con il suo famoso <strong>Tamiflu</strong> ha venduto milioni di dosi ai Paesi asiatici a ben 50 dollari la scatola. Benchè il Tamiflu fosse di <strong>dubbia efficacia</strong> il governo britannico compró 14 milioni di dosi per la prevenzione della sua popolazione. Con l’influenza dei polli <strong>Roche</strong> e <strong>Relenza</strong>, le due grandi case farmaceutiche che vendono gli antivirali, ottennero milioni di dollari di guadagno. Prima con i polli e adesso con i maiali.<br />
Perchè ora è cominciata la psicosi dell&#8217;influenza suina. E tutte i notiziari del mondo parlano solo di questo. Però non si dice nulla della crisi economica, dei disoccupati nel mondo, dei conflitti armati: solo l’influenza suina, l’influenza dei maiali.<br />
Nonostante Roche riconosca di non avere la capacità di soddisfare la domanda mondiale del Tamiful, rifiuta di permettere che altre ditte farmaceutiche producano il farmaco.<br />
Questa azienda ha una <strong>storia nera</strong> in materia di responsabilità sociale. Fin dagli anni &#8216;60 è stata coinvolta in scandali di superfatturazione, manipolazione dei prezzi e concorrenza sleale. Sette anni fa Stati Uniti e Unione Europea le imposero una multa di 500 milioni di dollari. Più recentemente Roche ha bloccato gli sforzi del Sudafrica per produrre una versione a basso costo dei suoi farmaci anti &#8211; HIV, minacciando di far causa al governo di quel Paese se avesse invaso la sua licenza.<br />
La ditta nordamericana <strong>Gilead Sciences</strong> ha il brevetto del Tamiflu. Il principale azionista di questa ditta è niente di meno che <strong>Donald Rumsfeld</strong>, ex segretario della Difesa nell&#8217;amministrazione Bush. Il Tamiflu (finto farmaco contro il virus H1N1 dell’influenza A) non ha ricevuto l’approvazione dell’Unione Europea perchè provoca <strong>effetti collaterali</strong> e seri disturbi (convulsioni, delirio, allucinazioni, problemi neuropsichiatrici e infezioni cerebrali), specialmente nei bambini. In Giappone provocò la morte di 14 bambini e fu proibito.<br />
Le persone morte per l’influenza A, come quelle per l’influenza comune, hanno anche <strong>altri fattori di rischio</strong> che aggravano il loro stato di salute e ne causano il decesso.<br />
Le misure di precauzione sono necessarie ma se l’influenza A è una pandemia così terribile come annunciano i mezzi di informazione, perchè non si dichiara che è un problema di salute pubblica mondiale e si autorizza la produzione del farmaco generico per combatterla e la sua distribuzione gratuita in tutti i Paesi, in particolare quelli più poveri, ignorando il brevetto di Roche e Relenza?</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Scrivo questo post in quanto poca gente conosce abbastanza su questo argomento. No, non sono qui per dirvi se vaccinarvi o no (cazzi vostri), neanche per dirvi che questo vaccino ha un sacco di effetti collaterali (ne parlano ovunque su internet, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpKPYIT6aM">questo</a> è andato in onda sullo zoo se vi interessa).</p>
<p>Sono qui per parlarvi della parte economica del vaccino, argomento moolto più interessante e poco citato sul web.. difatti non sarò completamente preciso in questo articolo visto che non sono riuscito a trovare molte pagine su questo argomento.</p>
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<p>Facciamo un salto indietro&#8230; nell&#8217;1996 in cina  si presenta il primo caso di influenza aviaria, c&#8217;erano stati casi anche prima ma non sono rilevanti, l&#8217;aviaria come la conosciamo noi nasce nel 96 infatti quella del 2003 non è altro che una variante figa.</p>
<p>minchia quella si che era un influenza, notiziari che ci bombardavano di notizie, mia nonna che non cucina più il pollo e amadori che quasi fallisce.. dai per quanti anni possiamo avere (io ne ho 19) quel clima ce lo ricordiamo tutti.</p>
<p>Sapete quante persone sono morte per quell&#8217;influenza??? MILLEMILIARDI?? ma non dici stronzate.. ma in dieci anni sono morte ben 250 persone in tutto il mondo..  250 PERSONE IN 10 ANNI!!</p>
<p>al che io mi sono chiesto.. ma allora tutto sto trambusto cosa che cazzo gherà a fà? ritorniamo ancora indietro nel tempo</p>
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<p>nel 96 la tale Gilead Science S.p.a inventa un antivirale.. sto cazzo di tamiflu (ricordiamoci sto nome). il presidente della compagnia è un tale Donald Rumsfeld (ricordiamoci anche questo nome).</p>
<p>cazzo di per se sto tamiflu non è mica malaccio, il suo lavoro lo svolge + o &#8211; in quanto cura l&#8217;aviaria. Ebbene l&#8217;OMS indica il tamiflu come farmaco x trattare l&#8217;aviaria.</p>
<p>A sto punto la Gilead vende il brevetto alla multinazionale svizzera di farmaci La Roche in cambio del 22% dei profitti. Il tale Rumsfeld a sto punto si dimette per andare a fare il capo del pentagono dal presidente bush ma si tiene il suo bel pacchetto di azioni della società.</p>
<p>Nel frattempo negli Stati Uniti sono morte ben 2 o 3 persone per questa incredibile pandemia e Bush che non mi perdo neanche a insultarlo ordina quintalate di vaccini alla roche e Rumsfeld dall&#8217;alto del pentagono ordina la vaccinazione obbligatoria dei militari facendo diventare gli u.s. il maggior cliente della roche. P.s vi ricordate il pacchetto di azioni che si era tenuto Rumsfeld, beh ora vale tra i 5 e i 25 milioni di dollari. Ovviamente gli altri capi di stato coglioni anche loro (penso che da noi ci fosse berlusconi mmh) ordinano quintalate di vaccini e così via.</p>
<p>Cosa inventarsi quando l&#8217;aviaria finisce?? MIO DIO MORIREMO TUTTI DI SUINA!!!</p>
<p>e ora per la gioia di quasi nessuno qualche statistica:</p>
<p>una confezione media di tamiflu costa 40 dollari e in italia quanti sono i morti accertati per suina? 3o?? che poi avevano tutti altre malattie ma lasem pert..</p>
<p>l&#8217;ordinaria influenza uccide mezzo milione di persone in un anno..</p>
<p>con un farmaco di 25 centesimi si potrebbero evitare 2 milioni di bambini che muoiono ogni anno per diarrea e tantissime altre malattie che fanno tantissime vittime come la polmonite possono essere curate con pochi euri.</p>
<p>la verità?? il tamiflu probabilmente funziona, ma il fatto che questa è la peggiore pandemia della storia, che moriranno milioni di persone, che blablabla altre cazzate da tg5 è una balla.. moriranno in 4 gatti di cui 3 avevano già una zampa nella fossa..</p>
<p>Se l&#8217;organizzazione mondiale della sanità fosse davvero preoccupata autorizzerebbe la produzione di farmaci generici per combatterla.</p>
<p>Quindi si hai un piede nella fossa vaccinati, altrimenti lascia perdere che è meglio.</p>
<p>detto questo se hai un piede nella fossa vaccinati.. altrimenti</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Idea #266 for November 11th, 2009: Spirit of Cooperation or Drug Companies Setting Competition Aside For Patient Safety]]></title>
<link>http://health365.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/idea-266-for-november-11th-2009-spirit-of-cooperation-or-drug-companies-setting-competition-aside-for-patient-safety/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>health365</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare that competing drug companies team together to work on a common problem. But that]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It&#8217;s rare that competing drug companies team together to work on a common problem. But that&#8217;s just what Biogen, Elan, and Roche are doing right now. The problem is a condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and two different drugs have been found to increase the risk of the rare neurological condition. So these three drugmakers are coming together and sharing data to find out why their drugs might be causing PML in some patients.</p>
<p>The drug Tysabri, which is used to treat multiple sclerosis, is sold by under a joint venture between Biogen and Elan but was taken off the market this year because of its link to PML. Also pulled this year due to ties to PML was Roche&#8217;s psoriasis drug Raptiva. The drugmakers involved will create a global database of PML cases that will be used to predict, prevent, and treat infections. While their motivation for this collaboration might be driven in part by a desire to get their drugs back on the market, it&#8217;s still nice to see drug companies put patients ahead of secrecy and competition. More of these collaborations would be welcome in the future, whenever multiple drugs are linked to a common debilitating side effect.</p>
<p>Read more about this in the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091111-715463.html">Wall St Journal</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Influenza A e il grande porco che c'è dietro]]></title>
<link>http://guana.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/influenza-a-e-il-grande-porco-che-ce-dietro/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>guana</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guana.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/influenza-a-e-il-grande-porco-che-ce-dietro/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;inchiesta di Io me e Guana: Mi viene da pensare ad una sola parola per descrivere il fenomen]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>L&#8217;inchiesta di Io me e Guana</strong>:</p>
<p>Mi viene da pensare ad una sola parola per descrivere il fenomeno dell&#8217;influenza H1N1 (o anche A, influenza suina) ovvero INQUIETANTE. Si inquietante. Ma inquietante cosa, l&#8217;influenza stessa? Misà proprio che non è l&#8217;influenza ad asserlo ma ben altro.</p>
<p>Bene facciamo un po&#8217; il punto della situazione dopo aver raccolto un po&#8217; di dati in internet:</p>
<p>- Da quando è stato lanciato l&#8217;allarme SOLO 2000 persone contraggono l&#8217;influenza suina e ci si mette tutti la mascerina.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-838" title="1445406362" src="http://guana.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/14454063621.jpg?w=212" alt="1445406362" width="212" height="300" /></p>
<p>- Ben 25 MILIONI di persone con l&#8217;AIDS e la chiesa continua a rompere i coglioni se un poveraccio indossa il preservativo.</p>
<p>Allora mi viene da dire che questa situazione è davvero inquietante perchè mi convinco sempre di più degli interessi economici che si muovono dietro questa &#8220;terribile&#8221; influenza. Ma continuiamo a fare le nostre belle considerazioni.</p>
<p>- Nel mondo, ogni anno, muoiono MILIONI di persone vittime della MALARIA e aimè i notiziari di questo non parlano.</p>
<p>- Nel mondo, ogni anno, muoiono 2 MILIONI di bambini per diarrea e si potrebbe evitare con un semplice rimedio che costa solo 25 centesimi e i notiziari di questo, ovviemente, non parlano.</p>
<p>-Molte altre malattie curabili con vaccini economici provocano ogni anno la morte di 10 MILIONI di persone, i notiziari di questo non parlano</p>
<p>-Ricordate? Quando comparve la famosissima &#8220;influenza dei polli&#8221; i notiziari  mondiali ci inondarono di notizie dicevano che era una epidemia e più pericolosa di tutte una pandemia. Non si parlava d&#8217;altro nonostante questa influenza abbia causato la morte di SOLO 250 persone in 10 ANNI, 25 morti l&#8217;anno</p>
<p>- L&#8217;influenza comune uccide, ogni anno, MEZZO MILIONE di persone nel mondo. Ho detto tutto: MEZZO MILIONE contro i 25 morti di prima. Non ci sono commenti.</p>
<p>Ma allora perchè così tanta paura dietro l&#8217;influenza dei polli che poi alla fine ha provocato pochissimi morti?  Chissà perchè forse dietro questi polli forse forse c&#8217;era un GRANDE GALLO? Mah.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-833" title="012006_tamiflu" src="http://guana.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/012006_tamiflu.jpg" alt="012006_tamiflu" width="195" height="192" /> Ma continuando con i dati le cose di fanno ancora più agghiaccianti:</p>
<p>- La casa internazionale &#8220;Roche&#8221; con il famoso &#8220;Tamiflu&#8221; all&#8217;epoca vendette MILIONI di dosi ai paesi asiatici e<br />
nonostante il vaccino fosse di dubbia efficacia il governo britannico comprò 14 MILIONI di dosi a scopo              preventivo per la sua popolazione.</p>
<p>Con questa influenza &#8220;Roche&#8221; ottenne MILIONI di dollari di lucro. Insomma prima con i polli adesso con i suini.<br />
Ebbene cosi adesso è iniziata la psicosi dell&#8217;influenza suina. E &#8220;giustamente&#8221; tutti i notiziari del mondo di cosa possono parlare? Quindi domanda più che lecita: Se dietro l&#8217;influenza dei polli c&#8217;era un grande gallo non sarà che dietro l&#8217;influenza suini ci sia un grande porco?</p>
<p>E quindi, a proposito di porci, ancora dati molto interessanti:</p>
<p>- L&#8217;impresa nord americana Gilet Silence ha il brevetto del famoso Tamiflu (ovvero il vaccino contro l&#8217;influenza A). Il principale azionista di questa impresa è, guarda un po&#8217; il caso, un personaggio sinistro Donald Ramsfeld, segretario della difesa di George Bush artefice della guerra contro l&#8217;iraq.<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-835" title="donald_rumsfeld_350x450" src="http://guana.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/donald_rumsfeld_350x450.jpg?w=116" alt="donald_rumsfeld_350x450" width="116" height="150" /></p>
<p>-Gli azionisti di &#8220;Roche&#8221; si stanno attualmente sfregando le mani felici della nuova vendita milionaria.</p>
<p>La vera pandemia è il guadagno di questi mercenari della salute. Se l&#8217;influenza suina è così terribile come dicono i mezzi di informazione, se l&#8217;organizzazione mondiale della salute diretta dalla cinese Margeret Chan è tanto preoccupata perchè non dichiara un problema di salute pubblica mondiale e autorizza la produzione di farmaci generici per combatterla?</p>
<p>A voi l&#8217;ardua sentenza.</p>
<p>ciao,</p>
<p>guana.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[India: New H1N1 drug launched by Cipla - "Antiflu"]]></title>
<link>http://samapan.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/india-new-h1n1-drug-launched-by-cipla-antiflu/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mritunjay</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cipla Indian Pharma major, Cipla (The Chemical, Industrial &amp; Pharmaceutical Laboratories) announ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Indian Pharma major, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cipla.com/" target="_blank">Cipla</a> (The <strong><span style="color:#800000;">C</span></strong>hemical, <strong><span style="color:#800000;">I</span></strong>ndustrial &#38; <strong><span style="color:#800000;">P</span></strong>harmaceutical <strong><span style="color:#800000;">La</span></strong>boratories) announced the launch of its generic version of the anti-H1N1 flu medicine under brand name “<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ptinews.com/news/372634_Cipla-to-export-anti-Swine-flu-drugs-to-US" target="_blank">Antiflu</a>”. This medicine is a generic version of Roche’s Tamiflu and would be available in capsule form for now. A syrup form of the medicine would be launched soon.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cipla has also offered to supply the medicine to United States and other nations if demanded. Roche’s patent protection has barred the company to sell its version in US and Europe.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Apparently there is a shortage in the United States,&#8221; Y.K. Hamied, also the managing director of the company said at a media briefing during the launch of its drug.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;We have made an offer&#8230;(its) upto them.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The company can produce upto 2 million doses of the medicine per month. The firm has already supplied about 2 million doses to the Indian authorities.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cipla has so far registered <a rel="nofollow" href="http://in.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idINBOM46139020091111?sp=true" target="_blank">revenue</a> in excess of $10 million by exporting the drug to several countries in Latin America, Africa, some parts of Middle East and South East Asia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The medicine is supposed to be cost-effective over other versions. The drug is expected to be priced at Rs 475 (about $ 10) for 10 capsules. The 75 ml syrup bottle to be launched shortly is also expected to be priced in a similar fashion.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cipla&#8217;s drug is also pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;We have launched Oseltamivir brand, called Antiflu, which is the only anti-flu medicine from India to be prequalified by the World Health Organisation (WHO),&#8221; Hamied said.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Cipla’s share rose marginally as a result of the announcement on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)</p>
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<p class="np-quote-link">Source: <a href="http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/News.aspx?NewsId=354080" target="_blank">indiainfoline.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A l'extrême de l'automne (François Cheng)]]></title>
<link>http://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/a-lextreme-de-lautomne-francois-cheng/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arbrealettres</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/a-lextreme-de-lautomne-francois-cheng/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; A l&#8217;extrême de l&#8217;automne Nous parviendra encore mêlé de mousses et de lilas L]]></description>
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<p>&#160;</p>
<p>A l&#8217;extrême de l&#8217;automne<br />
Nous parviendra encore<br />
mêlé de mousses et de lilas<br />
L&#8217;écho de la cascade<br />
Ravivant le sang<br />
ravivant le chant<br />
Au creux de la roche fêlée</p>
<p>(François Cheng)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alliance struck between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Alder Biopharmaceuticals worth US$1 billion]]></title>
<link>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/alliance-struck-between-bristol-myers-squibb-and-alder-biopharmaceuticals-worth-us1-billion/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>silico</dc:creator>
<guid>http://silico.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/alliance-struck-between-bristol-myers-squibb-and-alder-biopharmaceuticals-worth-us1-billion/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Monoclonal antibodies are again in the hot seat for alliances. On November 11 2009 Alder Biopharmace]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Monoclonal antibodies are again in the hot seat for alliances. On November 11 2009 Alder Biopharmaceuticals, a Seattle-based biotechnology company specialising in antibodies <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/11/10/alder-scores-partnership-with-bristol-myers-potentially-worth-1-billion/">struck</a> a deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb that could be worth more than $1 billion. At present this stands as one of the largest partnerships announced for 2009.</p>
<p>Under the deal, Britsol-Myers Squibb gains a worldwide exclusive license to develop  Alder&#8217;s drug,  ALD518, a monoclonal antibody, for all potential uses except cancer. Bristol has the option to market the drug as a treatment for cancer outside the US. In return, Alder will get $85 million in upfront cash, as much as US$764 million in payments for reaching development and regulatory milestones, sales-related milestone payments that could exceed $200 million, and an undisclosed royalty rate on product sales. Alder may also require Bristol to make a US$20 million equity investment to support an initial public offering, if it chooses to go that route.</p>
<p>Alder has developed the antibody ALD518 to follow Roche’s tocilizumab (Actemra). The Roche drug, the first in its class, is an antibody designed to block the receptor of an inflammatory protein called IL-6 that hammers the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients. This approach could offer doctors an alternative to the $10 billion-a-year class of drugs that block a different protein called TNF, like Amgen’s etanercept (Enbrel) and Abbott Laboratories’ adalimumab (Humira). Analysts estimate the sales of Roche&#8217;s drug could annually capture about $2 billion of this huge market.</p>
<p>Using its proprietary technology to develop monoclonal antibodies in yeast instead of mammalian culture traditionally used elsewhere, Alder&#8217;s antibody, which like the Roche drug is designed  to block the IL-6 protein target, has the advantage of not only being cheaper to produce but the potential to last longer in the bloodstream and therefore can be given less frequently than other antibodies, possibly as little as three or four times a year instead of once a month. Alder has completed a Phase II trial with about 120 patients who got ALD518 for rheumatoid arthritis, but the results have not yet been made public.</p>
<p>The alliance is the <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/01/12/zymogenetics-snags-11-billion-partnership-with-bristol-myers-for-hepatitis-c-drug/">second big partnership</a> Bristol has signed with a Seattle biotech company this year. In January the company entered an alliance with ZymoGenetics to co-develop and market a new interferon drug with fewer side effects for hepatitis C patients. The deal could be woirth more than $1 billion.  It is also the <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/06/08/alder-expands-partnership-with-schering-plough-adds-significant-upfront-cash/">second collaboration</a> for Alder this year, having agreed in June 2009 to develop new antibodies for neurological disease for Schering-Plough in June 2009.</p>
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