Novartis Fired Whistleblower


	Novartis Fired Whistleblower

liotropi

7-21-2007 6:42 AM

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7-21-2007 9:07 AM

pharmalot

pharmalot broke the story at the same time as rost, with different comments from the whistleblower..

http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/cancerous-data-novartis-stats-whiz-blows-whistle/

you can also read what the whistleblower's lawyers say here...

http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/chatting-with-novartis-whistleblowers-lawyer/

and what novartis said about it..

http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/07/the-whistleblower-novartis-finally-replies/

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