Immunization
Offit's Failure to Disclose Jeopardizes Swine Flu Vaccine Program
Published in Drug Law Weekly, September 22nd, 2009
As autumn approaches and millions of Americans consider taking an H1N1 Swine Flu vaccination, the integrity of all vaccine developers has been called into question by the financial relationship of a leading vaccine advocate and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Dr. Paul Offit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), who was interviewed for a Dateline NBC television special, failed to tell millions of viewers that while he was promoting MMR as safe he had also made tens of millions of dollars from selling another vaccine patent to Merck, which is the manufacturer of MMR. According to CHOP documents, Offit's share of a royalty sale for the Rotateq vaccine to Merck is a minimum of $29...
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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2009-09-22)
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