Pharma giant threatens Danish scientist for exposing hydroxyethyl starch

[Brocke]

Pharma giant threatens Danish scientist
The drug 'hydroxyethyl starch' is used for treating severe sepsis (blood poisoning). But it can, according to a Danish professor, cause kidney failure and bleeding.

July 24, 2012 - 07:00
By: Jeppe Wojcik

A German pharmaceutical giant is threatening a Danish professor with a big compensation claim. The researcher has conducted a critical study of a type of medicine manufactured by the company. A large German pharmaceutical company is bringing out the heavy artillery against a Danish professor, reports Danish newspaper Berlingske.

The company, Fresenius Kabi, is threatening to lodge a compensation claim worth millions after Professor Anders Perner published a study arguing that a common treatment for severe sepsis with the drug hydroxyethyl starch (HES) can induce kidney failure and haemorrhages, which in the worst case can kill the patient.

Earlier this month, ScienceNordic reported on this study, which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The international publication of the findings could have the consequence that hospitals all over the world may stop treating severe sepsis (blood poisoning) patients with this type of medicine, which is manufactured by Fresenius Kabi and other pharmaceutical companies.

more:http://sciencenordic.com/pharma-giant-threatens-danish-scientist

[donnay]

Big Pharma Mafia, as always, runs the show.  Proves why a lot of independent studies are suppressed! 

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