Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Is the pressure getting to Steven Nissen?
An anonymous blog posting has got him riled up:Arbesfeld included in his e-mail a comment on a blog posting, originally published in the Wall Street Journal, that accuses Nissen of primarily criticizing manufacturers that do not support drug trials at the Cleveland Clinic: "Wake up, pharmaceutical companies … if you don't hire the Cleveland Clinic for your big trials then you face the firing squad from Nissen and Company." The comment's author is identified only as "Brian A."
Nissen calls the anonymous blogger's accusation an example of "the big lie." "The idea that I would somehow be selective in my criticism to those companies that don't bring clinical trials [to the Cleveland Clinic] is … extremely offensive … and absolutely untrue."
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Kevin, you are just one big BS spinner. What Dr. Nissen is upset about is that a high official of the FDA sent out an email questioning his motives. That email seemed libleous to me. This is a former spokesperson for a drug company using the status their government position confers upon them to sully the reputation of Dr. Nissen. Now some of the analysis of the analysis I have read certainly suggests that the hype may be overdone, but I do not believe that Dr. Nissen is responsible for that (except insofar as he was absolutely right about Vioxx). The FDA has disavowed their own spokesman's words. This has nothing to do with an anonymous blogger; it has everything to do with a very un-anonymous Douglas Arbesfeld who is slandering/libelling Dr. Nissen.
Seems to me both Arbesfeld and Nissen have political and financial axes to grind, and neither of them primarily concerned about patients' health and safety.
It's bad enough now, but we'd have this sort of thing in double spades with a more socialized medical care.
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It's bad enough now, but we'd have this sort of thing in double spades with a more socialized medical care.
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