Spitzer, Eliot

Sanofi-Aventis is formed from the takeover of Aventis by Sanofi-Synthelabo. June 2 New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer sues the maker of Paxil, GlaxoSmithKline, for fraud in concealing the dangers of the drug for children under age 17 (the suit is settled when the company agrees to publish all its results). 

Partly inspired by the disclosures in the Canadian medical journal (see Sibbald, 2004) and events in Great Britain (see subsequent sections), on June 2, 2004, the attorney general of New York State, Eliot Spitzer, filed suit to force GSK to release its complete clinical trial data on Paxil and children (People of the State of New York v. GlaxoSmithKline, 2004 see also Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, 2004). This most remarkable document provided a detailed indictment of the drug company s activities. 

Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. (2004, June 2). Major pharmaceutical firm concealed drug information GlaxoSmithKline mislead doctors about the safety of drug used to treat depression in children. Retrieved from http //www. badfaithinsurance.org... 

People of the State of New York, by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York v. GlaxoSmithKline, (2004) Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. Retrieved September 29, 2007, from http //www.findlaw.com... 

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