The Tobacco Connection

Lilly is represented by multiple legal firms, one of which is Covington & Burling. Let's think about it -- Lilly is being sued over Zyprexa for such things as off-label marketing and health risks. Well, C & B knows a little about health risks. They represented Big Tobacco, for which their shining work at helping to conceal the risks associated with smoking and secondhand smoke earned them a stern reprimand from a judge. They are apparently not ashamed of their work with the Tobacco Institute (Big Tobacco's former lobbying group), as it is mentioned on C & B's website. I don't mind looking at their website, as they have visited my site on several occasions.

Below are a few articles you may enjoy regarding Covington & Burling's stalwart representation of Big Tobacco, and how they covertly got involved with the "science" surrounding the health effects of secondhand smoke. I highly advise reading them, then thinking about the current Zyprexa controversy.

• SourceWatch
• Center for Indoor Air Research
• The Latin Project
• Playing with Airline Cabin Science
• More on the "Center for Indoor Air Research"

So, in line with C & B being intimately involved with the Tobacco Institute and Center for Indoor Air Research, I suggest that they set up something similar for Zyprexa. What do you think of the following?

• Center for Diabetes Studies
• Center for Weight Management Research
• Institute for The Appropriate Marketing of Pharmaceuticals