tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post8080233665377718222..comments2024-01-30T04:57:48.673-05:00Comments on Second Mile Sandusky Scandal: CORBETT, SURMA, FRAZIER, TOMALIS & BALDWIN - UNCOMMONLY CLEAR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PART 1 A Barry Bozemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-83592528125380719982014-04-11T00:43:30.403-04:002014-04-11T00:43:30.403-04:00Merck never conducted an internal investigation fo...Merck never conducted an internal investigation for Vioxx. They intentionally submitted a fraudulent data package to FDA in 1999/2000. They had clinical data that showed that Vioxx did not selectively inhibit the cyclo-oxidase 2 enzyme involved in inflamation...it also partially inhibited the cyclo-oxidase 1 enzyme responsible for vascular repair. This put people with underlying cardiovascular disease at high risk. They hid this data from FDA. This is not like a side effect that researchers missed because of low populations in clinical trials. This was intentional fraud. The depth of the fraud was not revealed until 2009, when an independent study analyzed all of the data. Until 2009, Ken Frazier and Pepper Hamilton fought tooth and nail, and used every form of intimidation possible. (note: The MO of Freeh in his various reports is to neglect all data that does not support the interests of his client...Fraud by omission ... Freeh is now chairman of Pepper Hamilton's executive committee...what a match!).<br />The result of Frazier, et al, fraud is 88,000 premature deaths of Americans and another 60,000 deaths around the world. Frazier should be prosecuted for negligent homicide.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-30029714359601301822014-04-10T11:25:50.573-04:002014-04-10T11:25:50.573-04:00If I read these emails correctly, they only identi...If I read these emails correctly, they only identified 2 potential special investigators (Freeh and Chertoff) that were worthy of being interviewed and then only Frazier and Tomalis conducted the interviews and spent only 4 hours total interviewing BOTH of them. There were not other possible candidates that could be interviewed? I bet Frazier and Merck were much more deliberate and thorough when they searched for someone to conduct and internal investigation of Vioxx.<br /><br />I recently went on a job interview where I was interviewed by 5 different people for about a total of 5 hours and these guys only spent 4 hours total on 2 separate candidates for a job that paid $6.5 million and would have a profound impact on a major university. It boggles the mind. And why the rush to make the announcement of the special investigator the Monday of Thanksgiving week when most people's attention are focused on other things like getting ready to travel or preparing for visitors. What's the different if they wait another week or two, or even a month of two. That just shows they wanted this done as soon as possible so they could release the report right after the trial when the media would be paying the most attention. And also very telling that one of the things that separated Freeh from Chertoff was that Freeh was "more at ease with the media side of things". Just goes to show you what their real priorities were in selecting someone to conduct an investigation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720169386357383860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-89031510318947705452014-04-10T02:05:11.353-04:002014-04-10T02:05:11.353-04:00Don't worry about the future, Bobby, we are ta...Don't worry about the future, Bobby, we are taking the fight to the enemy and we will be relentless!<br /><br />I still remember your 95 yard run against Syracuse on a frigid December day in 1968. Greatest run in PSU history. It was a trap or scissors, Holuba pancaked a Syracuse defender, and a gigantic hole opened. We were out guarding the Lion into the wee hours the night before. We expected Sue Paterno and O'Hora's wife to show up with a bucket of orange paint, but I guess they knew that we were waiting for them.<br /><br />The conflicts of interest of Frazier are significant. Since Freeh subcontracted work to Merck law firm Pepper Hamilton, It has the looks of a quid pro quo arrangement. I have never seen a Statement of Work for the subcontract or a list of deliverable items. What did Pepper Hamilton do?? A Federal Acquisition Officer would be thrown into jail for something like this. Private companies can do what they want with their money, but I don't think PSU is in that category. Funds are supposed to be used to support education and research. From the looks of things, neither Freeh nor Pepper Hamilton did much of anything. Indeed, a team of upperclassmen in the Smeal College of Business could have put together several operating models based upon industry best practices and not cost PSU anything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-44482329260440535402014-04-09T17:40:30.650-04:002014-04-09T17:40:30.650-04:00The two main problems I see are Corbett with Spani...The two main problems I see are Corbett with Spanier and Surma with JoePa. For the Board of Traitors to agree with their agendas makes me very concerned about the future of PSU. If these are the types of decisions that our leadership is making, without any thought as to the consequences is very disheartening. I think PSU will continue to be a great University, but I feel the future is very much in doubt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313128547272683793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-37301746741159047022014-04-09T17:36:48.414-04:002014-04-09T17:36:48.414-04:00Yay Barry! I love your insight and eloquence. Writ...Yay Barry! I love your insight and eloquence. Write on. You and Ryan are warriors. Carole Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413452649107579860noreply@blogger.com