second that !!

[Guest guest]

--- Hi!the cattleman's association/petro-chemical industry has gently

guided the spongiform encephalopathy research and support groups!!I

know from experience...........

karl

 

 

In , " Jerry Mittelman "

<jmittelman@n...> wrote:

> THE SUBTLE CHARMS OF THE DRUG COMPANIES: Funding that buys

complicity

>

> Take a look behind most large 'patient groups' or illness support

groups and you'll find the benevolent hand of a drug company. It may

be funding the group with a small donation, or perhaps it helped

develop the website-all small change to the drug company, but it's a

vital injection of funds for the group, and it's enough to buy their

support.

>

> Just ask one of these large groups about alternative remedies or

non-drug therapies, and you'll quickly discover just how loyal they

can be to their benefactor. And their approach adds credibility to

the drugs approach (even though few in the media seem to realize it

is a stance that has been bought).

>

> This age-old strategy has finally come to the attention of the

American group for senior citizens, AARP, which has 35 million

members aged over 50. AARP has discovered that three rival groups,

the United Seniors Association, the Seniors Coalition and the 60-Plus

Association, have all received substantial drug company funding in

the last few years.

>

> While UK patient groups may be thankful for a donation of a few

thousand pounds, their American counterparts have enjoyed

extraordinary largesse from the drug companies, including the funding

of a multi-million dollar tv advertising campaign. Mind you, much of

the advert was devoted to extolling the virtues of the drugs industry.

>

> As an AARP spokesman said: " When the pharmaceutical industry speaks

these days, many Americans may not be able to recognize its voice.

That's because the industry often uses 'front groups' that work to

advance its agenda under the veil of other interests. "

>

> When asked to comment about the allegations, a spokesman for the

American drugs industry was nonplussed. " I don't see a problem here, "

he said.

>

> (Source: British Medical Journal, 2003; 326: 351).

>

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