Vera Sharav to Speak at Protest of APA Annual Meeting

Vera Sharav, of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, will be speaking at Mindfreedom’s protest of the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting on Sunday, May 4^th, in New York City at 34^th St. and 11^th Avenue. “Ms. Sharav heroically stood up to Eli Lilly in federal court in Brooklyn over the release of the Zyprexa Papers,” says attorney Jim Gottstein. “Every time Lilly’s Lawyers interrogated her about the way she received the Zyprexa Papers she turned it around on them testifying to the great harm caused by Zyprexa.”

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From Jim Gottstein:

“I am very pleased to announce that Vera Sharav of the Alliance for Human Research Protection is coming to the protest and speak.  Ms. Sharav heroically stood up to Eli Lilly in federal court in Brooklyn over the release of the Zyprexa Papers.  Every time Lilly’s Lawyers interrogated her about the way she received the Zyprexa Papers she turned it around on them testifying to the great harm caused by Zyprexa.  For example:

 “the documents document the fact that Eli Lilly knew that the — that Zyprexa causes diabetes. They knew it from a group of doctors that they hired who told them you have to come clean. That was in 2000. And instead of warning doctors who are widely prescribing the drug, Eli Lilly set about in an aggressive marketing campaign to primary doctors. Little children are being given this drug. Little children are being exposed to horrific diseases that end their lives shorter.”

Her entire testimony is available here.  Her testimony was the most dramatic at that trial, refusing in Court to give back the Zyprexa Papers she had received because of their great importance to public health.  To me, her testimony is what would make a movie about the Zyprexa Papers.