Hank Paulson may have been a little conflicted, even though he was entrusted with the entire nation’s financial well-being.
CDC is a who’s who of big pharma….
Top All-Time Political Donors 1989-2008
#58 Pfizer Inc $13,201,017
#67 GlaxoSmithKline $10,892,244
#84 Eli Lilly & Co $8,979,924
#96 Bristol-Myers Squibb $7,282,437
The 2003 study has been dismissed and flawed, and other studies since been labeled biased due to conflict of interest.
Conflicts of interest in new CDC Thimerosal study of 2004:
Dr. Thompson – former employee of Merck;
Dr. Marcy, receiving consulting fees from Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, GlaxoSmithKline, and MedImmune;
Dr. Jackson, receiving grant support from Wyeth, Sanofi Pasteur, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis, lecture fees from Sanofi Pasteur, and consulting fees from Wyeth and Abbott and serving as a consultant to the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee;
Dr. Lieu, serving as a consultant to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
Dr. Black, receiving consulting fees from MedImmune, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Merck and grant support from MedImmune, GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Merck, and Novartis;
and Dr. Davis receiving consulting fees from Merck and grant support from Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.
