Eli Lilly Settles SEC Case Involving Overseas Bribery Violations
“The SEC charged Eli Lilly with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act due to payments made to government officials and associates by the company’s subsidiaries in Russia, Brazil, China and Poland. “
“My mum was prescribed DES in 1970. Eli Elly, and all drug manufacturers in the USA and in countries such as France and the UK where DiEthylStilbestrol continued to be prescribed well after the FDA issued a warning regarding the DES cancer link, should be condemned and should be forced to pay research for DES victims including the third generation (children of DES daughters). Money won’t buy our silence! Fess up on DES and take responsibility!“
A Guest Post by Dom DES husband and father of three DES Grand-Daughters
Following this week historic trial in Boston – see the Melnick sisters related posts – DES Daughter Patricia Royall is targeting the CEO of Eli Lilly with the petition: Eli Lilly – Fess Up on DES! (if, like me, you are not used to “American slang”, *Fess Up* = Confess).
Many more people have been affected by DES than we think ; it has been found in nutrition food like milk and turkeys.
The story is far from being over; DES will have side-effects for the third-generation, the DES Grand-Children, and it may still be prescribed/sold today in third world countries.
Enough talks and awareness efforts, it’s now time for real actions
When DES Daughter Domino and I started this crusade less than two years ago, our humble goal was to try to assemble the news from the spread action groups, and to inform the general public about a non-talked about, not-taken care of, and worldwide tragedy affecting millions…
The DES victims needs more research about third-generation side-effects. I wish to see real justice asking the responsible pharmaceutical companies to finance this adequately…
The world now needs the governments to sanction politicians who became corrupted, make sure that the health system in place is doing its job to protect their citizens with adequate control barriers in place for no other similar health tragedy to happen again…
Calling our Fans, Followers, and Social Media influencers I met via Empire Avenue
Please “sign” the petition – some celebrities already did – with option to leave it anonymous if you prefer…
This is an opportunity for any Empire Avenue “player” to show that we can look beyond the “game aspect” and that the EAv community can make a difference… consider adding #EAv + your (e)TickerName into your comment… see mine left (#254) as an example
I really hope to see some of my Empire Avenue SuperStars friends like Art Jonak, Berrie Pelser, Michael Q Todd, Rami Kantari, Ryan Zeigler (to name just five of them) to please help spread the word…
Let’s make this go viral and… thank you very much dom
The settlement, for an undisclosed sum, was reached on Day Two, after the first witness in the case, a Harvard public health doctor, testified that the drug DES, which was promoted by Lilly as a way to prevent miscarriages had indeed been shown to cause cancer. It also came after a lawyer for the sisters argued that Lilly had failed to test the drug’s effect on fetuses before promoting it.
Is a Settlement good enough?
…we believe the settlement is in the best interest of the company… …settling this trial helps us get back to what we want to focus on as a company; developing important new medications through research and partnerships with doctors and patients…
Eli Lilly statement said. So, in other words: “we can’t care less, that will keep them quiet and in the meantime we’ll continue to poison people” … As a DES Daughter , I feel disgusted but happy for the Melnick sisters!
This is a drug that was never adequately tested and never adequately warned said Aaron Levine, a lawyer for the Melnick sisters and the other women who have sued in Boston.
Read Sisters take Eli Lilly to court over their breast cancer on IndyStar.com
Read Diethylstilbestrol Lawsuit: Melnick Sisters Sue Eli Lilly And Co., Producer Of DES Pregnancy Drug, After Breast Cancer Diagnoses on The Huffington Post
Read ‘DES Daughters’ to sue Drug Company over link between Mother’s Pregnancy Drug and Breast Cancer on BlissTree.com