Conspiracy:Eli Lilly, Zyprexa, Prozac, Bush Family by BRUCE LEVINE
More than one journalist has uncovered corrupt connections between the Bush Family, psychiatry, and Eli Lilly & Company, the giant pharmaceutical corporation.
While previous Lillygates have been more colorful, Lilly's soaking state Medicaid programs with Zyprexa, its blockbuster, antipsychotic drug may pack the greatest financial wallop.
Zyprexa grossed $4.28 billion worldwide in 2003, accounting for slightly more than one-third of Lilly's total sales.
In the United States in 2003, Zyprexa grossed $2.63 billion, 70 percent of that attributable to government agencies, mostly Medicaid. Historically, the exposure of any single Lilly machination, though sometimes disrupting it, has not weakened the Bush-Psychiatry-Lilly relationship. In the last decade, some of the more widely reported Eli Lilly intrigues include: *Influencing the Homeland Security Act to protect itself from lawsuits
*Accessing confidential patient records for a Prozac sample mailing Rigging the Wesbecker Prozac-violence trial
A sample of those who have been on the Eli Lilly payroll includes: *Former President George Herbert Walker Bush (one-time member of the Eli Lilly board of directors)
*Former CEO of Enron, Ken Lay (one-time member of the Eli Lilly board of directors)
*George W.
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