‘GE Healthcare, a British subsidiary of
multinational giant General Electric, is suing Henrik Thomsen, a senior
radiologist and professor of radiology, for sounding the alarm about
the dangers of the company’s medical imaging drug, Omniscan. After
witnessing kidney patients who had received the drug develop
potentially fatal conditions, Thomsen publicly exposed the drug’s
dangers which caused a firestorm of controversy.
In an effort to muzzle Thomsen, GE
Healthcare has already spent more than 380,000 British pounds, or about
$610,000, in legal fees pursuing litigation against him. Utilizing
loopholes in Britain’s libel laws, the company is alleging that Thomsen
falsely accused GE of suppressing sensitive information about the
drug’s risks at an Oxford scientific congress presentation in 2007.’
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