Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) dumped 45 liters (12 gallons) of live, concentrated polio virus into a Belgian river on September 2, according to a press release by the country’s Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment’s Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP).
Poliomyelitis, more commonly known simply as “polio,” is a viral disease that is typically transmitted between people via the fecal-oral pathway. In 90 percent of cases, the disease produces no noticeable symptoms. In about 1 percent of cases, the virus spreads into the nervous system and preferentially destroys motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem and the brain’s motor cortex. This produces the paralysis characteristic of the disease.
(...)
The vaccine manufacturing mix-up is only the latest scandal for GSK, the world’s third-largest pharmaceutical company. In 2010, FDA tests uncovered traces of swine virus in the company’s Rotarix (rotavirus) vaccine. In addition, traces of avian leukosis virus were found in the company’s measles vaccine, and traces of simian retrovirus in the RotaTeq vaccine.
In 2012, a confidential GSK document was leaked to the press, revealing that over the course of two years, 36 infants had died following vaccination with the company’s 6-in-1 shot Infanrix Hexa. The same report documented 1,742 instances of adverse reactions to Infanrix Hexa, 503 of them considered extremely serious.
The same year, the Argentinean government fined the company for causing the deaths of 14 babies during illegal vaccine trials between 2007 and 2008. Full story...
Related posts:
Poliomyelitis, more commonly known simply as “polio,” is a viral disease that is typically transmitted between people via the fecal-oral pathway. In 90 percent of cases, the disease produces no noticeable symptoms. In about 1 percent of cases, the virus spreads into the nervous system and preferentially destroys motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem and the brain’s motor cortex. This produces the paralysis characteristic of the disease.
(...)
The vaccine manufacturing mix-up is only the latest scandal for GSK, the world’s third-largest pharmaceutical company. In 2010, FDA tests uncovered traces of swine virus in the company’s Rotarix (rotavirus) vaccine. In addition, traces of avian leukosis virus were found in the company’s measles vaccine, and traces of simian retrovirus in the RotaTeq vaccine.
In 2012, a confidential GSK document was leaked to the press, revealing that over the course of two years, 36 infants had died following vaccination with the company’s 6-in-1 shot Infanrix Hexa. The same report documented 1,742 instances of adverse reactions to Infanrix Hexa, 503 of them considered extremely serious.
The same year, the Argentinean government fined the company for causing the deaths of 14 babies during illegal vaccine trials between 2007 and 2008. Full story...
Related posts:
- Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline bribed doctors to boost sales...
- GlaxoSmithKline behaved like a criminal “godfather” in China...
- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3billion in US drug fraud scandal...
- Families face battle with GSK over dangerous diabetes drug...
- Allergy fears halt distribution of GlaxoSmithKline swine flu vaccine in Canada...
- GlaxoSmithKline whistleblower speaks out about bribery of doctors, off-label...
- Big Pharma made $711 billion overcharging seniors and disabled in the US...
No comments:
Post a Comment