Big Pharma

Why yes, surprised folks, it appears that they did know Prozac tended people to violence and suicide.

Shares in Eli Lilly & Company fell yesterday after an article in a medical journal suggested that the drug company had long concealed evidence that its well-known antidepressant, Prozac, could cause violent and suicidal behavior.

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The F.D.A. was reviewing the papers, which had been missing for more than 10 years[...]

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Representative Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat from Kingston, N.Y., and a vocal opponent of the government's drug approval process, said yesterday that he had some of the documents cited by the journal article. The congressman, who is a member of the Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal agencies including the F.D.A., said the documents date back to the 1980's and include memos between Eli Lilly employees.

They "clearly show a link between Prozac and actions of violence perpetrated by people taking the drug against themselves and against others," Mr. Hinchey said. "The documents we have show that the company was instructing its employees to hide this information. We're seeing evidence here that it was a conscious act on the part of the company."

  NY Times article