WHO and Big Pharma-Conflict of Interest?

More stuff that conspiracy theorists everywhere can wrap their brains around….

Louise Voller (a danish reporter) has some questions regarding the World Health Organization and Big Pharma….where is the financial disclosure? Exactly who is on the payroll?

Clearly, there is a conflict of interest and this raises many eyebrows to those of us paying attention,

 

President makes back room deal with big pharma?

More of the same? Wheres that change?

From Huffington Post:
Internal Memo Confirms Gov. Big Deal with Big Pharma
On August 13th, 2009 SteveMT says:
Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
Ryan Grim
08-13-09 11:15 AM
Short version

A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.

The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return.

It says the White House agreed to oppose any congressional efforts to use the government’s leverage to bargain for lower drug prices or import drugs from Canada — and also agreed not to pursue Medicare rebates or shift some drugs from Medicare Part B to Medicare Part D, which would cost Big Pharma billions in reduced reimbursements.

Johnson added that “no outside lobbyists — not a single one — were ever involved in our discussions with the Senate Finance Committee or the White House so someone is blowing smoke.”

But the lobbyist who was given the outline defended its authenticity. And although the White House now says that drug price negotiations and reimportation were not actually discussed in the talks with PhRMA, the lobbyist said: “Well, that’s bull — that’s baloney. That was part of the deal, for them not to push that.”

Obama is walking a tightrope here. He wants to keep PhRMA from opposing the bill, and benefits by having its support, which now includes a $150 million advertising campaign. That’s a fortune in politics — more than Republican presidential candidate John McCain spent on advertising during his entire campaign — but it’s loose change in the pharmaceutical business.

Opponents of the deal with PhRMA hope that Obama is playing a multilayered game, making a deal in order to keep the drug makers in his camp for now, but planning to double-cross them in the end if he needs to in order to pass his signature initiative.

Big Pharma, however, is still comfortable. “As far as the pharmaceutical industry, PhRMA and its member companies, yes, they say a deal is a deal. We’ll see what happens,” said the health care lobbyist.

 

Pharmaceutical Company Comes Clean?

I urge you to read the article linked within the title to this blog before reading…  http://newsroom.lilly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=336444

Even without the United States Congress passing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act into law as of yet, Eli Lilly is becoming voluntarily transparent. Of course, Eli Lilly worked with Congress supporting this forthcoming non-partisan legislation.

Now, we have all been in our doctor’s offices…signed in with their Prilosec (sp) pen, had to look at the Lovitra clock to see what time it was…and it goes on and on. A look around any doctor’s office would make you think that doctors prefer medical related office and decorating items. It almost makes one wonder if they have never heard of Staples or Office Depot.

It should be no secret that many pharmaceutical companies pay doctors to prescribe medications. If you have arthritis, chances are you will be prescribed the medication from whichever company made the best promises. In other words, you will be prescribed a medication based on a kickback.

I don’t know about any of you-
but I would rather have a medication I have never heard of -that works
than one that’s been on commercials that may or may not.