Can Eli Lilly be Held Criminally Liable for Zyprexa?
By EVELYN PRINGLE California Attorney, Ted Chabasinski, is calling for the criminal prosecution of Eli Lilly executives for hiding the adverse effects of Zyprexa, based in part on articles last month in the New York Times which quote internal company documents that revealed that Lilly knew about the adverse effects for a decade but kept the information hidden. Mr Chabasinski, appeared by teleconference in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on January 3, 2007, before Judge Jack Weinstein, on behalf of MindFreedom, a non-profit human rights organization, in response to a motion by Lilly basically filed to keep the incriminating information hidden, to defend the public’s right to know the contents of the secret Lilly documents concerning Zyprexa. Mr Chabasinski told the judge that the documents are evidence of Lilly executives’ “criminal behavior” and “willingness to kill people for profit.” The court granted MindFreedom’s request for more time to respond to Lilly’s m
