Posted by bassman on May 8, 2006, at 6:23:11
In reply to Statistical question on SSRIs, posted by Squiggles on May 8, 2006, at 6:01:41
This is what I found:
"The conspiracy theory is that the FDA did
not approve reboxetine so that Eli Lilly (makers of Prozac),
who have the patent on tomoxetine, can have the FDA-approved
NARI. Whether or not this is true, tomoxetine has had excellent
results in the recent studies".Having worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years, I find this hard to believe, however. If the company believed in reboxetine, I'm sure they would have put up a fight/re-applied, whatever. I'd be more willing to believe that they were "bought out" (you don't try to get your drug approved and we give you $$) or there was something nasty in terms of safety data that the Feds found. Whatever it was, looks like it was a well-kept secret, which is odd in the pharmaceutical industry.
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