Roche Hid Drug Trial Results: Pandemic Flu Drug Works No Better Than AcetaminophenLizzie Bennett The BMJ, British Medical Journal has backed Cochranes findings and they have issued a joint news release that you can read in full here. The statement makes it quite clear that Roche hid the results of drug trials. From the statement by Dr Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-Chief,BMJ: To put the study in a nutshell oseltamivir, Tamiflu, shortens the symptoms of influenza by a mere half a day and there is NO EVIDENCE at all that it reduces complications of influenza or hospitalizations from influenza. Roche is insistent that the Cochrane Collaboration and the BMJ used the wrong data to conduct their research. They did not indicate why the data was wrong or what other data the team should have used. The UK medical director of Roche, Dr Daniel Thurley said in a statement to the BBC: Well what they have done has been published for all to see and its simple. They have dug about, found all the data, rechecked all the statistics, broken the drug down to its components and studied every aspect of those components and they have come to the conclusion that Roche has marketed a drug that doesnt perform as stated, and that has considerably more side effects that Roche stated. Those side effects include: On the claims that the drug prevented complications such as pneumonia Cochrane said: The report found that in children the reduction of symptoms is better, reducing them by 29 hours on average, which, according to professor Wendy Barclay who studies influenza at Imperial College London, would be beneficial to some children particularly those with other medical problems. Although the Collaboration researchers have not placed the blame on any individual or organisation, instead saying there had been failings at every step from the manufacturers to the regulators and government, its obvious that if the data is incorrect in the first place then all future steps right up to the procurement of the drug will be flawed. You can be sure that Roche is not the only Big Pharma company that does this, and they will continue to do this until they are stopped by genuine research organizations, who have the best interests of the populace at heart, not the bank balance of pharmaceutical company directors. You can read a selection of comments from top doctors and researchers here. These opinions are starting to come in from around the world and the vast majority of them totally agree with the Cochrane Collaboration, and have done for some time but have not had the evidence to back them up. Now they do. Delivered by The Daily Sheeple.Contributed by Lizzie Bennett of Underground Medic. Lizzie Bennett retired from her job as a senior operating department practitioner in the UK earlier this year. Her field was trauma and accident and emergency and she has served on major catastrophe teams around the UK. Lizzie publishes Underground Medic on the topic of preparedness. 