Zyprexa

Zyprexa - a controversial drug manufactured by Eli Lilly Pharmacutecials

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A free wiki from pbwiki.com that is used to host some incriminating internal documents is being challanged and is fighting back with the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Ross Mayfield has an excellent weblog post on this issue at http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2007/01/the_right_to_li.html

Also Digg is being used to spread the EFF's press release. http://digg.com/politics/EFF_Defends_Right_to_Link_from_Internet_Wiki

For the past few years, there has been some controversy about the drug Zyprexa. What we all know is that Zyprexa is an "atypical" neuroleptic (also known as an "anti-psychotic"), approved to treat schizophrenia and acute mania. At about $2.50/pill, it is a big money maker for Eli Lilly, somewhere on the order of $4 Billion a year. By themselves these facts are not controversial.

However, it seems that some internal memos indicate that Eli Lilly knew that the drug raised the risk of diabetes in patients and didn't act appropriately. They may have even misreported clinical trial data about blood-sugar risks to doctors. There is currently a class action lawsuit underway to hold Lilly accountable. These memos indicate that Lilly initiated an internal marketing campaign to willfully downplay these deleterious effects.