Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam

Listen to this episode from Behind the Bastards on Spotify. Robert and Kaveh conclude the thrilling sort of how Merck killed 55,000 Americans with Vioxx and then convinced the media they were the good guys somehow. Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data/ https://archive.is/Trdy2#selection-695.1-723.182 https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx  https://web.archive.org/web/20170409143210/https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf  https://www.masslive.com/news/2010/06/scott_reuben_a_former_baystate.html  https://www.jci.org/articles/view/38430  https://archive.is/Yjj91#selection-835.0-993.212  https://www.vice.com/en/article/fraud-misconduct-mistakes-this-blog-finds-the-stories-behind-retracted-papers/  https://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Policy-Management/Article/03-09/Fraud-Case-Rocks-Anesthesiology-Community/12634?ses=ogst https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2019/the-pain-gap/  https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=jcred  https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1234&context=lclr  Nesi, Tom. Poison Pills: The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal (p. 31). St. Martin's Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.