For 14 years the drug Trasylol, marketed by Bayer, was administered by physicians as an FDA approved drug. There is evidence to support that both Bayer and the FDA were aware of how dangerous this drug would be for patients. From 2006 to 2008 it is estimated that 22,000 people lost their lives as a result of this drug.
In 2008, in response to a flurry of lawsuits, Bayer announced that it was removing Trasylol from the market. In September of 2010 Bayer settled some of these lawsuits out of court for a mere fraction of the profits Trasylol had garnered the company.
http://lawmedconsultant.com/1175/bayer-settles-cases-over-clotting-drug-trasylol-used-during-heart-surgery
The FDA has taken no action against Bayer in regards to Trasylol.
If you care about American lives being taken to line the pockets of the pharmaceutical giant Bayer, then take the time to watch this 60 Minutes report regarding Trasylol.
In my mind, this is nothing other than outright, whole scale, premeditated manslaughter of American citizens and our government has done nothing. I repeat, the American government has done nothing in response to the estimated 22,000 lives lost to the drug Trasylol in 2 years, let alone the other 12 years that the drug was on the market.
If the FDA will not serve it's rightful purpose in protecting Americans from dangerous drug and food manufacturers, than it is time that our Justice Department does.
Join me in asking the US Attorney Generals Office to review this case and to charge the responsible officials at the FDA and at Bayer with the premeditated manslaughter of American citizens.
Please email the US Attorney Generals Office at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov and ask them to review this case, (the case of Bayer, the FDA, and the drug Trasylol), and to protect us, the American citizenry from unscrupulous pharmaceutical manufacturers and FDA bureaucrats.
You may cut and paste the following into your email:
Dear US Attorney General Holder,
It is apparent that some pharmaceutical companies are committing premeditated manslaughter of American Citizens by promoting and selling hazardous drugs such as Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer, which have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of unsuspecting patients. It is also apparent that said corporations feel that the financial loss of settling civil suits against them for these crimes are minimal in comparison to the profits to be made in committing them.
We, the American citizenry, ask you to perform your duty by charging and prosecuting the responsible people in these pharmaceutical companies as well as at the FDA for the crimes of which they are or may be guilty of. How can the deaths of an estimated 22,000 people involving the drug Trasylol be anything but premeditated manslaughter when both the manufacturer and the FDA were aware of the risks associated with this drug?
Please look into this matter and let me know what action you plan to take.
Thank You!
