Aside from falsifying safety tests for it’s murderous pain medication, Vioxx, Merck also discussed how to silence physicians critical of the drug. In 1999, Merck employees batted around a hit list of doctors that needed neutralizing, with one email stating that:
“We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live …”
The shenanigans of Merck during the Vioxx saga border on the surreal, such as the pro-Vioxx pop song written for sales reps, and a legion of reporter stalkers to ensure the “correct” story gets published.
This idiotic, evil entity lived through a scandal that should have leveled the entire industry. Instead, it flourishes today, and you’ve probably injected your children with one of its products.
