Fen Phen Drug Makers
May Have Known Ahead of Time of Problems.
In the Dallas Associated Press is a story that the
company American Home Products knew that components in the Fen Phen diet
drug they produced was causing serious health problems. Internal company
memos from 1996 showed the company knew of illnesses and deaths from a
rare lung disease linked to their product.
At that same time a maker of one of the drugs lobbied the US
Congress to ease restrictions on the use of several of the drugs
components. At present the
company is attempting to negociate a mammoth settlement with thousands of
fen phen users to the tune of more than 3 billion dollars.
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