VENTURA, Calif. (CN) - Amgen fired a project manager for complaining that the pharmaceutical giant underreported "adverse events" involving "every product it markets," the man claims in Superior Court. Shawn O'Brien says Amgen continues to underreport "post marketing adverse event" data to the FDA.
O'Brien says he was ordered to "stop all work" in 2007 after he found that Amgen's post-marketing product complaints department was underreporting adverse data for "every product it markets."
O'Brien says he was told not to discuss the issue with anyone, and four weeks later he was fired in a "reduction in force."
O'Brien seeks lost wages and punitive damages for wrongful firing, retaliation and unfair competition, and an injunction preventing Amgen from enforcing a mandatory arbitration contract he says he was forced to sign when Amgen hired him in 2003. He is represented by Philip Ganong of Bakersfield.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Amgen's adverse event horizon
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Please see my "ALERT" article:
"Can HPV Vaccine Trigger Fatal ALS?" at
http://hubpages.com/hub/Gardisil-Triggers-ALS
Here is paragraph 1:
"THIS IS A MEDICAL ALSERT:Some of the over 7 million Girls injected with GARDISIL(R)(Human Papillomavirus vaccine)(HPV), a Merck biological, may have in common with a famous Baseball Player, Lou Gehrig, the tragic, neuro-wasting disease,Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)."
Also, note that Merck is currently promoting Gardisil vaccination for administration to young men and boys for "Genital Warts" prophylaxis. Considering its possible connection to ALS, a loud caveat emptor must be screeched out to the public. Pharmaceutical Profit Motivations to widen the market for, perhaps questionable STD prevention (STDs & related cervical cancers are treatable), should not trump concern for triggering a fatal neurologic disorder that has no treatment.
HELEN BOREL,R.N.,Ph.D.
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