Bayer didn’t understand American lawfare.
“Bayer didnāt understand American lawfare.”
That’s what American law firms are for...but I guess Bayer wanted to ‘save money’ on legal costs.
...that was $10B ago.
Oh yes they did.
Bayer - from BASF, Bayerische Aniline und Soda Fabrik (Bavarian Dye and Soda - sodium carbonate - Factory) is VERY conservative regarding lawsuits.
They produced a highly effective and relatively safe statin in the 1990s- early 2000ās marketed worldwide BAYCOL was extremely potent, requiring less than a tenth of the amount of medicine for similar LDL reductions.
UNfortunately, when combined with triglyceride-lowing agents like LOPID, some fatalities occurred due to rhabdomyolyis and kidney failure.
This WAS a known risk of this combination, it WAS in the product literature.
I had a patient who almost died from this as his cardiologist decided to prescribe LOPID without telling me, warning the patient of the risks or doing any lab work before or after starting the meds. Kid was in his early 20ās and spent a few weeks in the hospital recovering.
Rather than face US lawfare where even āwinningā can cost tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, Bayer took the product off the market preemptively around 2003, IIRC.
Bayer also has some unfortunate associations, IIRC, with some chemicals produced for the Third Reichās āspecial populationā problem, I think. Iād have to dig into this a bit. But then, ALL corporations were called upon to serve the Reich and their Leaderā¦ or else.
Poppycock. They're looking to cash in on it.
Bayer is unwilling to go after the creeps claiming they have tests. Go after them personally, sue them.