Re: Lawsuit questions need for Lipitor

Susan <nevermind@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

> The OP (you)
>> described a suit against the maker of a drug because analysis of the
>> statistical data is claimed (I guess) not to show that the drug helped a
>> subgroup to which the plaintiffs belong, whilr the maker included that
>> subgroup in its advertising. Something of that sort.
>>
>> A good example of a suit that shouldn't see light of day, IMO.
>
>Not if the makers intensely promoted the potentially harmful product for
>those in whom benefits were unlikely.

There's no better way to balance risks and benefits than the patient
discussing them with his doctors.

>> Surely we can have courts and suits without providing the keys to Fort Knox
>> to attorneys? The system needs repair.
>
>It can be better, but I don't think it's as broken as you do.
>
>I'd fix criminal courts first, so fewer innocents are unfairly locked up
>or put to death.

So fix that, too.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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