More than 10,000 people die every year from bad reactions to prescribed treatments and scientists are calling for a fresh approach.

The experts believe adverse drug reaction has reach “epidemic proportions” amid rising costs in prescriptions.

Drug testing on animals before they are used on humans is being partly blamed.

The letter claims many increasingly prevalent ailments, like Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, cancers and stroke, remain without adequate treatment.

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The move comes after the US Food and Drug Administration threatened to revoke CSL’s licence because of manufacturing deficiencies.

Last year a number of children suffered severe reactions to the CSL ‘fluvax’ brand.

Mick and Kirsten Button’s 11-month-old daughter Saba suffered brain injury, as well as liver and kidney failure, a short time after having the flu shot in April last year.

The Button family’s lawyer Julian Johnson says the family is alleging the flu vaccine was faulty.

“In those proceedings it will be alleged that the flu vaccine manufactured by CSL was defective, within the terms of the Trade Practices Act,” he said.

Mr Johnson says the family is also pursuing compensation from the government.

“There will be claims against the State Government in relation to their administration of the flu vaccine program last year, which will run as part of the same court case as the action against CSL,” he said.

As I thought about that I realized that because the upper echelon of the quackbuster operation tend to use their soldiers like Kleenex, there was a very long list of victims that might fit the bill.  As I thought about it I realized that it would have to be somebody who was relatively close to the top of the operation – at the same time disenchanted, for whatever reason, with the people at the top. Read More…

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Thursday, July 8th, 2010

I just checked my “Pacer” (Federal Court information system) file,
and Barrett has not yet brought in a lawyer, and filed a response to
the Doctor’s Data lawsuit against him. Could it be this easy? Could
it be that rancid old Stephen Barrett, when push comes to shove, just
could not back up his public statements in a Court of law, and is just
going to let the collection agents pick him clean? Could it be that
Doctor’s Data will have unlimited access to Barrett’s years records
showing whom he plotted with?

(I’m really getting all excited thinking about this).

As I said in my last article:

In the Federal Court System a defendant is given 21 full days to
properly Respond to a lawsuit. Let’s assume, for the moment, that
since Stephen Barrett was sued by Doctor’s Data on June 18th, 2010,
that he was served with papers on the 19th, the next day. Counting 21
days from that moment brings us to Monday, July 12th, 2010 – the
deadline for Barrett to hire an attorney who can practice in Federal
Court in Chicago, Illinois, and prepare, and submit a Response to the
Court. That’s eight days from now – and Barrett does not even have an
attorney yet.

Well, he only has about four more days… And, as I indicated:

What happens if Barrett does not Respond?

If Barrett does not Respond then Doctor’s Data simply files for what
is called a “Default Judgment,” asking the Court to award everything
they asked for – the Five Million in Damages, the Fifteen Million in
Punitive Damages, and a permanent Injunction barring Barrett from
talking about Doctor’s Data, etc.

The Judge’s answer is almost automatic..

Once the Judge issues the Default Judgment and the Permanent
Injunction Doctor’s Data, through their attorneys, will go into the
“Judgment Collection” phase, using an attorney firm that specializes
in draining blood out of reluctant Defendants. Barrett will meet a
lot of people who have tattoos on their faces in the process of
collecting Stevie’s furniture, his car, his Mont Blanc pen, and the
gold fillings from his teeth.

So, why hasn’t Barrett “lawyered up” and answered?

Let’s think about that. There are probably three main reasons:

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Tim Bolen

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Stephen Barrett, who has no income of his own, he claims, had to go
to his wife Judith the other day, I think, and say “Honey, I need an
increase in my allowance this month. I’m getting sued in Fed Court in
Chicago now, and I’m going to need $250,000 this month as a retainer,
and another $100,000 per month to pay for my Defense, for the next
year, or so.”

On Friday June 18th, 2010 Doctor’s Data Laboratory filed an eleven
count lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois against Stephen J. Barrett, MD, the National
Council Against Health Fraud Inc (NCAHF), Consumer Health Digest, and
Quackwatch, Inc.

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