Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15082

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Publication type: Journal Article

Loewenberg S.
Sidney Wolfe
The Lancet 2009 Feb 14; 373:(9663):537
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2960189-6/fulltext

Abstract:

I am not surprised when Sidney Wolfe declines my invitation to one of Washington, DC’s fancy eateries. He is too busy for such frivolity, and besides, they will be so populated with lobbyists and politicos that he would not feel comfortable talking freely. Instead, we walk across the street from his office to a gourmet takeaway, where he picks out some roast turkey breast, Greek yogurt, and a fruit salad.
For the past 37 years, Wolfe has been the scourge of the drug industry and a leading cri …