Willful Misconduct: How Bill Frist and the Drug Lobby Covertly Bagged a Liability Shield


 

Publication Date: May 2006

Publisher: Public Citizen, inc.

Author(s): John O'Donnell

Research Area: Health; Law and ethics; Politics

Keywords: drug; lobbying; pandemic; liability

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Drug industry lobbyists conspired with the White House and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) last year to craft a sweeping liability provision that shields the industry from lawsuits over products used to treat pandemic illnesses, even in cases of gross negligence or gross recklessness, according to a report issued by Public Citizen.