Comments on: Alaska settles for $15 million from Lilly in Zyprexa suit http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/30/alaska-settles-for-15-million-from-lilly-in-zyprexa-suit/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/30/alaska-settles-for-15-million-from-lilly-in-zyprexa-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-696645 Rachel Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:58:33 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/30/alaska-settles-for-15-million-from-lilly-in-zyprexa-suit/#comment-696645 The Wild West nature of the pharmaceutical industry now seems to boil down to - way after the fact, that fact being many deaths and injuries - the company paying big fines to states and the U.S. Justice Department (ala Eli Lilly for lethal Zyprexa and Astra Zeneca for Seroquel - the latest example being Glaxo's Avandia, a multi-billion dollar fine for 47,000 injuries and deaths). Why is not a dime of this money going to "fix" things? We all know the answer: This is set up as the cost of doing business, and the money goes into the til of government entities which are hard-pressed for cash. Heaven forbid that any of the guilty individuals would go to jail. What can change this? The Wild West nature of the pharmaceutical industry now seems to boil down to – way after the fact, that fact being many deaths and injuries – the company paying big fines to states and the U.S. Justice Department (ala Eli Lilly for lethal Zyprexa and Astra Zeneca for Seroquel – the latest example being Glaxo’s Avandia, a multi-billion dollar fine for 47,000 injuries and deaths). Why is not a dime of this money going to “fix” things? We all know the answer: This is set up as the cost of doing business, and the money goes into the til of government entities which are hard-pressed for cash. Heaven forbid that any of the guilty individuals would go to jail.

What can change this?

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