Roche makes a killing

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Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:16:22 -0700 (PDT)

Roche makes a killing

 

 

 

 

 

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1598469,00.html

 

 

Roche makes a killing

 

 

 

As panic spreads over avian flu, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant is

accused of putting profits before people. Nick Mathiason reports

 

Sunday October 23, 2005

The Observer

 

For the obsessively guarded, conservatively dressed and

unflamboyant Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families, avian flu could be

good news. Over the next two years, the heirs of Fritz Hoffman,

founders of Roche, one of the world's most powerful pharmaceutical

companies, and who already rank as among the world's richest families,

could see their combined £10 billion fortune reach giddy heights.

 

Twenty members of the founding family control Roche, which

industry analysts estimate will benefit from the Tamiflu drug thought

to relieve the symptoms of avian flu, with extra profits of £500

million this year and £1bn next.

 

And since the family owns about 10 per cent of shares and

crucially 50.01 per cent of voting rights, they will ensure that no

outside interests seize their company and enjoy the profits - though

many would like to. Continued...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1598469,00.html

 

D wrote:

 

I knew it I knew it I knew it. I knew that some person(s)

verrrrry high up in command had ties to this Tamiflu drug. This needs

to become an article that is blasted to all progressive online

magazines and blogs and websites! Who can step up to the plate on this?

 

This needs to become FRONT PAGE news!

 

 

http://mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/19/rumsfeld_to_profit_from_avian_flu_hoax

 

 

Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax

 

Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Last week,

President Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a

minimum of 200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic but it

could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone.

 

This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80

million doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or

form treats the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one

is sick and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal

mutations.

 

So the U.S. placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless

drug at a price of $100 per dose. That comes to a staggering $2 billion.

 

We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, in

yesterday's New York Times, they were battling whether or not they

would allow generic drug companies to help increase their production.

 

But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually

developed by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the

exclusive rights to market and sell Tamiflu.

 

Ahh, The Plot Thickens...

 

If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense

Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997.

 

Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will

handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is

being used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu.

 

For more on the nonsense of the avian flu hoax, you'll want to

review my post from yesterday.

http://mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/18/avian_flu_epidemic_scare_is_a_hoax

 

Gilead Sciences Inc.

http://www.gilead.com/wt/sec/pr_933190157/