United States Department of Justice (DOJ) versus BIG Pharma: BIG Pharma fought the law, and the law won ?

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6/20/2003 – “Today’s plea and settlement demonstrates our strong commitment to protecting the American public from corporate greed, in whatever form that it may occur”

“THIS CASE SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY that fraudulent activity . . . will not be tolerated and will be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
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It’s now been over 10 years

NOT SO MUCH ?
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INSANITY: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
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BY DOLLAR ($) AMOUNT:
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$3 BILLION ($3,000,000,000) – 2/7/2012, Monday – GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) (4/1998 – 2007)
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$2.3 BILLION ($2,300,000,000) – 9/2/2009, Wednesday – Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc.
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$2.2 BILLION + ($2,200,000,000) – 11/4/2013, Monday – Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Scios Inc. (1998 – 2009)
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$1.5 BILLION ($1,500,000,000) – 5/7/2012 – Abbott Laboratories (1/1998 – 12/2006)
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$1.415 BILLION ($1,400,000,000) – 1/15/2009, Thursday – Eli Lilly and Company, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana (9/1999 – end 2005)
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$950 MILLION ($950,000,000)- 11/22/2011, Tuesday – Merck Sharp & Dohme
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$875 MILLION ($875,000,000) – 10/2001 – TAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TAP)
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$762 MILLION ($762,000,000) – .12/19/2012, Wednesday – Amgen Inc.
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$650 MILLION ($650,000,000) – 2/7/2008, Thursday – Merck & Company
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$520 MILLION ($520,000,000) – 4/27/2010, Tuesday – AstraZeneca LP / AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware-based company (1/2001 – 12/2006)
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$490.9 MILLION ($490,900,000) – 7/30/2013, Tuesday – Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009 (1998 – 2009)
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$425 MILLION ($425,000,000) – 9/29/2008, Monday – Cephalon Inc., Biopharmaceutical Company
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$355 MILLION ($355,000,000) – 6/20/2003, Friday – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP – (1/1991 – 12/31/2002)
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$345 MILLION ($345,000,000) – 7/30/2004, Friday – Schering Sales Corp., sales and marketing subsidiary of drug manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation
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$85 MILLION ($85,000,000) – 10/5/2011, Wednesday – Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Scios Inc., Fremont, California-Based Company
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$55 MILLION + interest ($55,000,000) – 12/12/2012, Wednesday – Wyeth LLC / Pfizer
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$48.26 MILLION ($48,260,000) – 5/13/2013, Monday – C.R. Bard Inc., New Jersey based corporation
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$36 MILLION ($36,000,000) – 11/21/2005, Wednesday – Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana-based company
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BY DATE:
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11/4/2013, Monday – $2.2 BILLION + – Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Scios Inc. (1998 – 2009)
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7/30/2013, Tuesday – $490.9 MILLION – Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009 (1998 – 2009)
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5/13/2013, Monday – $48.26 MILLION – C.R. Bard Inc., New Jersey based corporation
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12/19/2012, Wednesday – $762 MILLION – Amgen Inc.
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12/12/2012, Wednesday – $55 MILLION + interest – Wyeth LLC / Pfizer
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5/7/2012 – $1.5 BILLION – Abbott Laboratories (1/1998 – 12/2006)
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2/7/2012, Monday – $3 BILLION – GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) (4/1998 – 2007)
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11/22/2011, Tuesday – $950 MILLION – Merck Sharp & Dohme
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10/5/2011, Wednesday – $85 MILLION – Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Scios Inc., Fremont, California-Based Company
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4/27/2010, Tuesday – $520 MILLION – AstraZeneca LP / AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Deleware-based company (1/2001 – 12/2006)
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9/2/2009, Wednesday – $2.3 BILLION – Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc.
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1/15/2009, Thursday – $1.415 BILLION – Eli Lilly and Company, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana (9/1999 – end 2005)
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9/29/2008, Monday – $425 MILLION ($425,000,000) – Cephalon Inc., Biopharmaceutical Company
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2/7/2008, Thursday – $650 MILLION – Merck & Company
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11/21/2005, Wednesday – $36 MILLION – Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana-based company
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7/30/2004, Friday – $345 MILLION – Schering Sales Corp., sales and marketing subsidiary of drug manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation
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6/20/2003, Friday – $355 MILLION ($355,000,000) – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP – (1/1991 – 12/31/2002)
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10/3/2001 – $875 MILLION – TAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TAP)
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ALPHABETICALLY:
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Abbott Laboratories: 5/7/2012 – (1/1998 – 12/2006)
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$1.5 BILLION
CIVIL LIABILITY
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
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$800 million – civil settlements
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$560,851,357 million – federal government
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$239,148,643 million – the States
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$700 million – criminal fine and forfeiture
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$500 million – criminal fine
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$198.5 million – forfeit assets
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$1.5 million – Virginia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
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($84 million – whistleblowers will receive from federal share of settlement amount)
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Amgen Inc. – 12/19/2012, Wednesday – Amerisourcebergen Corporation Subsidiary International Nephrology Network
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$762 MILLION ($762,000,000) – Amgen criminal and civil liability part of global settlement with United States
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$612 million – Amgen agreed to pay As part of civil settlement
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$587.2 million – United States
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$24.8 million – the states
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$150 Million – Criminal Penalties and Forfeiture
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$136 million – Amgen criminal fine
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$14 million – Amgen criminal forfeiture
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$15 Million – Amerisourcebergen Corporation Subsidiary International Nephrology Network Resolve Qui Tam Action
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AstraZeneca LP / AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware-based company 4/27/2010, Tuesday – (1/2001 – 12/2006)
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$520 MILLION
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$301,907,007 million – federal government
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$218,092,993 million – State Medicaid programs and District of Columbia will share up to
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$45 million + – James Wetta, whistleblower will receive from federal share of civil recovery
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AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP – 6/20/2003, Friday – (1/1991 – 12/31/2002)
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$355 MILLION
$355,000,000
CRIMINAL CHARGES
CIVIL LIABILITIES
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$266,127,844 million – federal civil liabilities
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$24,900,000 million – civil liabilities United States and the States
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$63,872,156 million – criminal fine
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($39,920,098 million – losses to federally funded insurance programs)
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10/2001 – $875,000,000 million – TAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TAP)
civil liabilities
criminal liabilities
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$47.5 million – Douglas Durand was employed as Vice President of Sales for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. will receive 17% share of civil recovery
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C.R. Bard Inc., New Jersey based corporation – 5/13/2013, Monday –
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$48.26 million
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$2.2 million – non-prosecution agreement
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$10,134,600 – Civil settlement resolves lawsuit filed by Julie Darity, former manager for brachytherapy contracts administration under qui tam, whistleblower provisions, of False Claims Act, will receive as share of civil settlement
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Cephalon Inc., Biopharmaceutical Company – 9/29/2008, Monday
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$425 MILLION
($425,000,000)
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$375 million + interest – separate civil settlement executed contemporaneously with guilty plea agreement, to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from claims to:
1. Medicaid
2. Medicare
3. other federal programs
including:
a. Bureau of Prisons
b. Defense Logistics Agency
c. Every Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
d. Federal Employees Compensation Act Program
e. Federal Employees Health Benefits program
f. Postal Worker’s Compensation Program
g. Public Health Service Entities
h. TRICARE
i. Department of Veterans Affairs
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$116 million – State Medicaid programs will share civil settlement:
California
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia
District of Columbia
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$50 million – In plea agreement with United States, agreed to pay to resolve Information
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$40 million – applied to criminal fine
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$10 million – applied as substitute assets to satisfy forfeiture obligation
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$46,469,978 MILLION – Relator Paccione will receive from federal share of settlement amount, proceeds will be shared by plaintiffs under separate agreement
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Eli Lilly and Company, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana 1/15/2009, Thursday –
(9/1999 – end 2005)
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$1.415 BILLION
CRIMINAL SETTLEMENT
CIVIL SETTLEMENT
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$800 million (up to) – federal government and States civil settlement agreement
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$438,171,544 million – federal government civil settlement
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$361,828,456 million (share up to) – States Medicaid programs that opt to participate in civil settlement agreement and District of Columbia
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$515 million – criminal fine
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$100 million – forfeit assets
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($78,870,877 million – qui tam relators from federal share of settlement amount)
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10/7/2008 – $62 million – 33 state consumer protection lawsuits settlements
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Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana-based company 11/21/2005, Wednesday
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$36 million
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$24 million – civil liabilities
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$6 million – criminal fine
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$6 million – forfeit
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GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) 2/7/2012, Monday – (4/1998-2007)
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$3 BILLION
criminal liability
civil liability
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$2 BILLION – federal government civil liabilities
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$1.043 BILLION – false claims arising from alleged conduct
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$832 million – federal share of settlement
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$210 million – States share of settlement
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$1 BILLION
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$956,814,400 million – criminal fine
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$43,185,600 million – forfeiture
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$757,387,200 million – criminal fine and forfeiture (2 drugs)
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$242,612,800 million – criminal fine (1 drug)
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$657 million – false claims arising from misrepresentations (1 drug)
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$508 million – federal share of settlement
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$149 million – States share of settlement
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$300 million – to resolve allegations
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$160,972,069 million – federal government
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$118,792,931 million – States
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$20,235,000 million – certain Public Health Service entities
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiaries, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Scios Inc. 11/4/2013, Monday – (1998 – 2009)
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$2.2 BILLION +
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
CIVIL LIABILITY
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$1.72 billion – civil settlements with federal government and States
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$485 million – criminal fines and forfeiture
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$400 million
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$334 million – criminal fine
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$66 million – forfeiture
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$1.391 billion – false claims allegedly resulting from off-label marketing and kickbacks for 2 drugs includes
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$1.273 billion – resolution
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$118 million – paid to state of Texas 3/2012 to resolve similar allegations relating to 1 drug
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additional payment as part of settlement shared between federal and state governments
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$749 million – federal government recovering
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$524 million – the States recovering
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$59 million – federal government and Texas each received from Texas settlement
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$149 million – kickback allegations settlement
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$132 million – federal share of settlement
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$17 million – 5 participating states’ total share of settlement
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$98 million – 2009 – Omnicare civil liability
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J&J and its subsidiary, Scios Inc.
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$184 million – federal government civil liability
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$85 million – 10/2011 criminal fine
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From federal government’s share of civil settlements
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$112 million – whistleblowers in Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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$27.7 million – whistleblowers in District of Massachusetts
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$28 million – whistleblower in Northern District of California
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Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Scios Inc., Fremont, California-Based Company 10/5/2011, Wednesday
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$85 million – criminal fine
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Merck Sharp & Dohme 11/22/2011, Tuesday – (1999 – 2002)
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$950 MILLION
CIVIL CLAIMS
CRIMINAL CHARGES
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$628,364,000 million – civil settlement agreement
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$426,389,000 million – United States civil settlement
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$321,636,000 million – criminal fine
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$201,975,000 million – Medicaid states civil settlement
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Merck & Company 2/7/2008, Thursday
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$650 MILLION – 2 cases
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$399 million + interest
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$250 million + interest
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$360 million + – federal government settlement agreement
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$290 million + – 49 states and District of Columbia settlement agreements
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$44,690,000 million – Mr. H. Dean Steinke, former Merck employee from federal share of settlement amount (1997 – 2001)
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$23.5 million – Mr. H. Dean Steinke, former Merck employee from the states share of settlement amount (1997 – 2001)
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Dr. William St. John LaCorte in New Orleans will receive share of proceeds from federal and state settlement amounts under their respective qui tam statutes
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Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. 9/2/2009, Wednesday
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$2.3 BILLION
CIVIL LIABILITY
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
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$1.3 billion – total criminal resolution
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$1.195 billion – criminal fine
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$1 billion – civil
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$668,514,830 million – federal share of civil settlement
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$331,485,170 million – state Medicaid share of civil settlement
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$105 million – Pharmacia & Upjohn forfeit
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$102 million + – 6 whistleblowers will receive payments from federal share of civil recovery
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Wyeth LLC Pfizer
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12/12/2012, Wednesday
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$55 MILLION + interest
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009 7/30/2013, Tuesday – (1998 – 2009)
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$490.9 MILLION
CIVIL LIABILITY
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
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$257.4 million – civil settlements with federal government and states
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$233.5 million – criminal fine and forfeiture
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$230,112,596 million – federal government civil claims
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$157.58 million – criminal fine
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$76 million – forfeit assets
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$27,287,404 million – States civil claims
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whistleblowers’ share of civil settlement hasn’t been resolved
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1st action – filed by former Rapamune sales representative, Marlene Sandler, and pharmacist, Scott Paris
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2nd action – filed by former Rapamune sales representative, Mark Campbell
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Schering Sales Corp., sales and marketing subsidiary of drug manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation 7/30/2004, Friday
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$345 MILLION
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$292,969,482 million – United States, 50 state Medicaid programs, certain Public Health Service entities
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$290 million + – Schering-Plough Corporation civil liabilities
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$52.5 million – Schering Sales Corp. criminal charges fine
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$31,662,173 million – Charles Alcorn, Beatrice Manning, and Raymond Pironti, Jr., (“the relators”) 3 former employees of ITG, Inc. a subsidiary of Schering Plough – civil resolution
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REFERENCES:
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5/7/2012, Monday – Abbott Laboratories
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/May/12-civ-585.html
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5/7/2012, Monday – Abbott Laboratories
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/abbott-labs-docs.html
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10/2/2012, Tuesday – Abbott Laboratories
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/October/12-civ-1195.html
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12/19/2012, Wednesday – Amgen Inc.
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/December/12-civ-1523.html
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4/27/2010, Tuesday – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-civ-487.html
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4/27/2010, Tuesday – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
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Click to access astrazeneca_settlementagreement.pdf

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6/20/2003, Friday – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_371.html
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5/13/2013, Monday – C.R. Bard Inc., New Jersey based corporation
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-civ-547.html
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9/29/2008, Monday – Cephalon Inc., Biopharmaceutical Company
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-civ-860.html
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1/15/2009, Thursday – Eli Lilly and Company
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-civ-038.html
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12/21/2005, Wednesday – Eli Lilly and Company
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2005/December/05_civ_685.html
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7/2/2012, Monday – GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK)
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/July/12-civ-842.html
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11/4/2013, Monday – Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiaries
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/November/13-ag-1170.html
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10/5/2011, Wednesday – Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Subsidiary Scios Inc.
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/October/11-civ-1323.html
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11/22/2011, Tuesday – Merck Sharp & Dohme
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/November/11-civ-1524.html
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2/7/2008, Thursday – Merck & Company
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/February/08_civ_094.html
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9/2/2009, Wednesday – Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc.
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/September/09-civ-900.html
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12/12/2012, Wednesday – Wyeth LLC Pfizer
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/December/12-civ-1488.html
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7/30/2013, Tuesday – Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/July/13-civ-860.html
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7/30/2004, Friday – Schering Sales Corp., sales and marketing subsidiary of drug manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2004/July/04_civ_523.htm
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10/3/2001, Wednesday – TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. (TAP)
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2001/October/513civ.htm
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Critiquing: Stanislaw Burzynski in USA Today: Abuse of clinical trials and patients versus the ineffectiveness of the FDA and Texas Medical Board (Hyperactivity versus Hypernatremia, and Hannah Bradley)

I’ve made no secret of how much I dispute David H. Gorski, a la “Orac”, the “self-proclaimed” brain cancer doctor and brain cancer researcher who has been treating readers with an unproven, unapproved, NOT ordinary chemotherapeutic agent since Jesus just left Chicago, bound for Nawlins, seemingly Elaphe longissima slithering around, under, over, and past all attempts to intestate him and shut him up

Along the way, GorskGeek has become a hero to the cancer hackery industry, touted as the man who can cure incurable insomnia that science-based medicine can’t, even though his treatment, insolence, allegedly pop tarts isolated from bloopers and Uranus that normally keep insomnia in check in healthy people, are by any reasonable definition NOT ordinary chemotherapy

Indeed, they are toxic, with a number of side effects reported, the most common and dangerous of which being life-threatening hyperactivity (elevated sugar levels in the blood)

All you have to do is to type GorsGeek’s name into the search box of this blog, and you’ll find copious documentation of the abuses of patience, science, and critical trials perpetrated by “Orac” and the cult of impersonality that has evolved around him

He’s even acquired his very own film perpougendist, a credulous fellow named Bob Blaskiewicz, who has made 2 astoundingly bad hackumentaries that are nothing more than unabashed hagiographies of the brave maverick doctor curing insolence where no one else can

They’re chock full of misinformation, pseudononsense, spin, and obvious emotional manipulation, and the 2nd one, at least, was very popular

For the longest time, I’ve been hoping that major mainstream news organizations would take this story on
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GorskGeek claims:

“Now, thanks to Liz Szabo at USA Today, we know from her article Doctor accused of selling false hope to families [1]:

“Yet hypernatremia is one of antineoplastons’ most common side effects, known to doctors for two decades”
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GorskGeek, of course, does NOT care to mention the 2 hypernatremia studies that I listed in the 2nd of my 3 critiques on USA TODAY’s “hatchet job” of Burzynski [2], because, as he accuses others:

THEY DO NOT FIT HIS NARRATIVE
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GorskGeek continues:
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“showed a blood sodium level of 205 millimoles per liter, a level that is typically fatal“

“I was astounded to see that number“

“I’ve never, ever seen a sodium level that high“

“Typically, normal is typically between 135 and 145 mEq/L, with slight variations of that range depending on the lab”

“Burzynski’s excuse, which I’ve heard at various times as being due to an “improper blood draw” or as described above, is purest nonsense”

“Unless the technician spiked Josia’s sample with 3% saline or something like that, there’s no way to get the leve that high”

“Josia almost certainly died because of hypernatremia from antineoplaston therapy“

“To me, this is the biggest revelation of the story:”

“The story and identity of the child who was killed by Burzynski’s treatments“
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I did NOT know that GorskGeek was the
Medical Examiner for the United States Food and Drug Administration
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GorskGeek is mistaken, as the “purest nonsense” is his nonsensical claim:

“I’ve never, ever seen a sodium level that high“

The reason GorskGeek has:

“never, ever seen a sodium level that high”

is because he’s a “hack”, who’s more interested in churning out as many blogsplats as he can, rather than doing real “science-based medicine” research

As evidence of MY claim, I submit:
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9/2004 – A Non-Fatal Case of Sodium Toxicity (Hypernatremia)
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“6 year old boy who was taken to the hospital following a seizure attack, and lab analyses revealed a serum sodium (Na+) levels of 234 mEq/L”

“A search of the boy’s house led to the discovery of rock salt in the cabinet and a container of table salt”

“Extrapolating from the serum sodium (Na+) level, it was estimated that the child had ingested approximately 4 tablespoons of rock salt, leading to the acute toxicity“

“A literature search revealed that the serum sodium (Na+) concentration in the present report was the highest documented level of sodium in a living person“

Non-Fatal 193-209 mEq/L have been reported previously [3]
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We also learn that—surprise! surprise!—GorskGeek is an enormous tool

(as opposed to having “an enormous tool” His cranium is too small to have “enormous tool”)
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GorskGeek then hacks:
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“Look at him dismiss his critics, particularly former patients, many of whom, let’s recall, have terminal cancer, many of whom are dead:”

“Burzynski dismisses criticism of his work, referring to his detractors as “hooligans” and “hired assassins.””
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GorskGeek, you are a “hooligan”, liar, lame, loser, et al.
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GorskGeek proceeds:
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“You know, whenever I hear Burzynski fans like Eric Merola accuse skeptics of attacking cancer patients, of accusing them of horrible things”

“I think I will throw this quote right back in their faces”

“Here’s Burzynski calling his patients prostitutes, thieves, and mafia bosses, and “not the greatest people in the world,” while accusing them of wanting to “extort money from us.””
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GorskGeek, LAME attempt at another LIE

Burzynski did NOT CALL his patients what YOU claim he called them

Let me repeat it for YOU, because I have the sneaking suspicion that YOU are “intellectually challenged”

Burzynski SAID:

“We see patients from various walks of life”

“We see great people”

“We see crooks”

“We have prostitutes”

“We have thieves”

“We have mafia bosses”

“We have Secret Service agents”

“Many people are coming to us, OK?”

“Not all of them are the greatest people in the world”
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GorskGeek, just in case you did NOT learn this at the University of Michigan, there is a difference between SAYING “WE SEE” and / or “WE HAVE”, and CALLING someone something

Allow me to provide you with a great example

If I SAY that YOU are the BIGGEST POMPOUS ASS I’ve ever seen, and YOU are NOT a BIG POMPOUS ASS, then THAT is derogatory

However, if I CALL YOU the BIGGEST POMPOUS ASS that I have ever seen, because you really and truly are a BIG POMPOUS ASS; as you are, then THAT is NOT derogatory
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GorskGeek tries again:
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“Not surprisingly, he also liberally uses the Galileo gambit, but that’s not surprising, as he’s repeatedly made the hilariously arrogant and scientifically ignorant claim that he is a pioneer in genomic and personalized cancer therapy and that M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and other world-class cancer centers are “following his lead.””

“Indeed, he claimed to have invented the field 20 years ago”

“Sadly, his publication record does not support such grandiose claims“
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GorskGeek, how would you know ?

You proved that you weren’t smarter than a 5th grader when you could NOT find Burzynski’s 1997 Antineoplastons, oncogenes and cancer [4]
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“Curious as to just what the heck Burzynski was talking about here, I searched PubMed for this alleged review article”

“I couldn’t find it on PubMed“

“Perhaps Burzynski proposed this “revolutionary” new idea in a peer-reviewed article that’s not indexed in PubMed, but if he did I couldn’t find it using Google and Google Scholar“ [5]

So why should ANYONE believe that you were able to locate the rest of his publications
and review all of them?

Now THAT would be a “grandiose claim”
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GorskGeek was also the village “idiot savant” (minus the “savant”) who face planted:

“how Burzynski never explains which genes are targeted by antineoplastons … “ [6]

GorskGeek must have fumed for days when he found I “fact-checked” his fluff and found it false: [7-8]
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GorskGeek hopes to wreak havoc when he harrumphs:
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“For instance, experts are saying the same things I’ve been saying for a couple of years now about Burzynski’s anecdotes of “miracle cures,” such as Hannah Bradley and Laura Hymas”

“The reasons for these anecdotes include:”

“Burzynski often relies on anecdotes, which don’t tell the full story”

“Burzynski’s therapies are unproven“

“Burzynski’s patients may have been misdiagnosed“

“Burzynski’s patients may have been cured by previous therapy“

“There’s a reason why I’ve spent so much time deconstructing Burzynski anecdotes, and it’s for all of those reasons plus that anecdotes are often interpreted incorrectly by patients without medical training”

“Even doctors who are not oncologists sometimes interpret such anecdotes incorrectly to indicate that the cancer therapy chosen is the therapy that cured the patient“

“It’s not just Burzynski patient anecdotes, but it’s any cancer cure anecdote“

“That’s why clinical trials are necessary to differentiate all these confounding effects from actual effects due to the treatment”
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GorskiGeek displays what an abject #FAIL he is, as the question he should be asking is:

Why is the Food and Drug Administration FORCING patients to #FAIL conventional treatments; such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, before being allowed to utilize antineoplaston therapy ?

If the FDA was NOT doing this, then GorskGeek and the “so-called experts” would NOT have this crutch to fall back on

GorskGeek, please list all the other phase II clinical trials where the F.D.A. has done this, and please also explain what would you do if the FDA did this to YOUR clinical trials ?

I know this might require some “Grapefruits” on your part, but do try and see if you can find yours in order to pull this off, if you’re NOT the coward I think you are

And when you’re done with that, please try to explain away the case of Jessica Ressel-Doeden

GorskGeek winds up for the pitch of bullshit

He ratchets back his right arm and rockets it right into his rectum, reaches ’round and pulls out this righteousness:
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“Not coincidentally, Hannah Bradley had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, and Laura Hymas had radiation and chemotherapy”

GorskGeek, Hannah Bradley NEVER had chemotherapy, unless you are now going to claim that by “chemotherapy” you meant antineoplastons [9]

Hannah specifically mentioned:

“Chemotherapy also mentioned but not strong enough for that” [10]
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GorskGeek:

“Even doctors who are not oncologists sometimes interpret such anecdotes incorrectly” ?

I think you meant, even breast cancer oncologist specialists who are NOT brain cancer oncology specialists interpret incorrectly, you JackASS

In insolence

DJT
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REFERENCES:
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[1] – 11/15/2013 – Stanislaw Burzynski in USA Today: Abuse of clinical trials and patients versus the ineffectiveness of the FDA and Texas Medical Board
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-in-usa-today-abuse-of-clinical-trials-and-patients-versus-the-ineffectiveness-of-the-fda-and-texas-medical-board/
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[2] – 11/16/2013 – Critiquing: Doctor accused of selling false hope to families (USA TODAY NEWS, NATION, Liz Szabo, USA TODAY):
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/httpwww-usatoday-comstorynewsnation20131115stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy2994561/
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[3] – 9/2004 – A Non-Fatal Case of Sodium Toxicity
J Anal Toxicol. 2004 Sep;28(6):526-8
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15516309/
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15516309/
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Click to access 526.full.pdf

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[4] – 1997 – Burzynski. S.R. Antineoplastons. oncogenes and cancer. Anti-Aging Medical Therapeutics, Vol.1. Klatz RM.
Goldman R. (Ed). Health Quest Publication 1997; Marina del Rey, CA. USA
Pg. 24
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Click to access burzynski_fdauntitled_promo_2012.pdf

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[5] – 12/5/2012 – Stanislaw Burzynski: On the arrogance of ignorance about cancer and targeted therapies:
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/05/arrogance-of-ignorance-about-cancer/
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[6] – 6/4/2013 – Stanislaw Burzynski versus the BBC:
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/06/04/stanislaw-burzynski-versus-the-bbc/
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[7] – 8/7/2013 – Critiquing: Dr. David H. “Orac” Gorski, M.D., Ph.D, L.I.A.R.:
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/critiquing-dr-david-h-orac-gorski-m-d-ph-d-l-i-a-r/
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[8] – 9/21/2013 – Critiquing: The Institute of Medicine report on cancer care: Is the system “in crisis”?:
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/critiquing-the-institute-of-medicine-report-on-cancer-care-is-the-system-in-crisis/
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[9] – 10/25/2013 – Hannah Bradley – I Feel Empowered, In Control Of My Body: Four Women On Fighting Cancer With Alternative Therapies:
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10383724/I-feel-empowered-in-control-of-my-body-four-women-on-fighting-cancer-with-alternative-therapies.html
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/hannah-bradley-i-feel-empowered-in-control-of-my-body-four-women-on-fighting-cancer-with-alternative-therapies-httpwww-telegraph-co-ukhealth10383724i-feel-empowered-in-control-of-my-body-fo/
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[10] – 2/17/2012 – Friday – REAL LIFE – ‘I’ll try anything to beat brain cancer’
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http://m.gulfnews.com/i-ll-try-anything-to-beat-brain-cancer-1.981203
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