Dr Ian Hudson - the new head of the MHRA the drugs agency which regulates the safety of medicines in the UK…
Interestingly, the MHRA head- Ian Hudson- worked for GlaxoSmithKline at one point during his revolving door career. Even more interesting is the fact that Hudson represented GSK in a high-profile Paxil (Seroxat) liability case in the US involving a Paxil-induced murder suicide (the Donald Schell Case). GSK were eventually found guilty and they had to payout millions to the grieving son-in law- Tim Tobin.
Ian Hudson Is the man in whom we should trust to look after the Nation`s Health .
Interestingly, the MHRA head- Ian Hudson- worked for GlaxoSmithKline at one point during his revolving door career. Even more interesting is the fact that Hudson represented GSK in a high-profile Paxil (Seroxat) liability case in the US involving a Paxil-induced murder suicide (the Donald Schell Case). GSK were eventually found guilty and they had to payout millions to the grieving son-in law- Tim Tobin.
According to a 2001 Guardian article, as a witness (and high level employee) for GSK –
Mr Hudson “…argued that the occasional suicide or killing by somebody on Paxil is not sufficient evidence that there is a problem with the drug, considering the millions who take it.
Tobin is outraged. Virtually all drugs can cause a bad reaction of some sort in a few people, he says. However small the effect is, there is no excuse for not investigating what is happening. “I don’t think they’ve taken a proper look at the whole thing,” he says. “We’re talking about people’s lives. Whether we are statistically significant or not, four people dead is too many as far as I’m concerned.”
Here is Ian Hudson being deposed in 2001, then head of Global Safety at GSK, later a member of the British regulatory apparatus, the MHRA
Q. Okay. Do you believe that it is possible that Paxil has caused any person, worldwide, to commit an act of homicide or suicide?
A: I have seen no evidence to suggest that at all.
More on Ian Hudson below
Ian Hudson’s 11 Years At GSK/SB…
Dr Ian Hudson
Former Glaxo Safety Officer Becomes Head of MHRA
Mr Hudson “…argued that the occasional suicide or killing by somebody on Paxil is not sufficient evidence that there is a problem with the drug, considering the millions who take it.
Tobin is outraged. Virtually all drugs can cause a bad reaction of some sort in a few people, he says. However small the effect is, there is no excuse for not investigating what is happening. “I don’t think they’ve taken a proper look at the whole thing,” he says. “We’re talking about people’s lives. Whether we are statistically significant or not, four people dead is too many as far as I’m concerned.”
Here is Ian Hudson being deposed in 2001, then head of Global Safety at GSK, later a member of the British regulatory apparatus, the MHRA
Q. Okay. Do you believe that it is possible that Paxil has caused any person, worldwide, to commit an act of homicide or suicide?
A: I have seen no evidence to suggest that at all.
More on Ian Hudson below
Ian Hudson’s 11 Years At GSK/SB…
Dr Ian Hudson
Former Glaxo Safety Officer Becomes Head of MHRA
" Ian Hudson significantly, involved in two of the most notoriously dangerous, unsafe, and controversial drugs of the past decade – Seroxat and Avandia- whilst he worked for the manufacturers, GSK, for 11 years…" and now getting investigated see below .....
GlaxoSmithKline plc investigation
27 May 2014 The Director of the SFO has opened a criminal investigation into the commercial practices of GlaxoSmithKline plc and its subsidiaries. Read more here
“ Now Is this really the man who should be regulating the health of the
British population?? “
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