Thought I had stopped thinking about that trial in Texas? Not hardly. These are the transcripts [including the video depositions]. Obviously, they don’t contain the exhibits, but most of the important parts of the email chains, the call-notes, the memos, etc. were read into the record. It’s an enormous amount of material and it reads like transcripts read – slowly. But you might want to look over Mr. Melsheimer’s Opening Statement, Allen Jones’ testimony, and the deposition of Dr. Steven Shon. At some later point, I’ll try to synopsize the essential pieces, but for the moment, this simple index was quite enough for my afternoon.<\/p>\n
The point of this trial was to get an accurate picture of how extensively J&J [Janssen] disregarded the FDA, the State governments, and any minimal version of medical ethics in the service of an extensive marketing program with Risperdal. It’s a dark picture that needs the light of day. And financial penalties alone are not the solution. Hopefully studying what happened here will point us along the way to a saner, safer, and more ethical future. <\/p>\n