Just to remind everybody what Don and the BOD– and us - are up against!

As we “wonder” why our clinical trial is seemingly stuck in the mud, Michael Butler provided some interesting analysis of BP’s "lobbying" role in Canada a few years ago:

$$$ contributions to the political party in power!

Health Canada, and how it really works!

And way more about how powerful the BP lobby is in Canada!

The fact that RVX started working with a consultant (low level from what we can tell) should tell us something! So, unless the poster who alluded to something else that might be in the works (which we've heard how many times over these long years?) is correct, read as much as you want here:

It should be noted as well that the same influence of big pharma is played out on the provincial level.  Take one province for example, British Columbia.  Among the many scandals Christy Clark and her BC Liberal government have faced, perhaps the most egregious involved the pharmaceutical industry.  In 2012, the government suddenly and unjustly fired eight health ministry researchers with allegations of breach of privacy. As the huffington post stated, “One of the researchers tragically committed suicide under the pressure of it all, others have brought claims forward against the government. One of the most recent brings up the possibility the big pharmaceutical companies played a role in the firings. Also, it doesn't help that these big pharmaceutical companies happen to be Liberal party donors (are we starting to see a pattern here?)”  Later, a leaked email from the Ministry of Health indicating that studies into Champix would be ‘kept in house’. The researcher who committed suicide after being fired was, “designing a way to evaluate a project that was one of Premier Christy Clark's pet initiatives and that included a drug that continues to generate serious safety warnings. According to the Ministry of Health, 68,000 British Columbians have been prescribed the provincially-covered Champix through the smoking cessation program since 2011 and the sales have generated approximately $20 million for Pfizer. The B.C. Liberal Party has received more than $40,000 in donations from Pfizer over the past ten years.” If the researchers were to shine a light on the side effects of the drug on BC provincial formulary it would lead to diminished sales for Pfizer. It should also be noted that between 2005 and 2012 (when the firings occurred), the BC Liberals received nearly $600,000 in donations from drug companies and pharmacies (that we know of).

 https://canadians.org/analysis/bad-medicine-pt-2

 https://canadians.org/analysis/bad-medicine-pt-1