BMJ  2005;330:7 (1 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7481.7

A Correction and apology has been published, BMJ 330(7485) 211

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FDA to review "missing" drug company documents

New York

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The US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review confidential drug company documents that went missing during a controversial product liability suit more than 10 years ago. The documents appear to suggest a link between the drug fluoxetine (Prozac), made by Eli Lilly, and suicide attempts and violence.

The missing documents, which were sent to the BMJ by an anonymous source last month, include reviews and memos indicating that Eli Lilly officials were aware in the 1980s that fluoxetine had troubling side effects and sought to minimise their likely negative effect on prescribing.

The documents received by the BMJ reportedly went missing during the 1994 Wesbecker case that grew out of a lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of a work-place shooting in 1989. Joseph Wesbecker, armed with an AK-47, shot eight people dead and wounded another 12. He . . . [Full text of this article]

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A correction and apology has been published

Eli Lilly: Correction and apology
BMJ 2005 330: 211. [Full Text] [PDF]

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