[CTRL] Vioxx critic tied to fund?

[Jim Rarey]

-Caveat Lector-   This just sounds like smart investing. Not like shorting based on inside information. - JR http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fortune500/vioxx_fortune.reut/   Vioxx critic tied to fund? Fortune: Doctor who questioned arthritis drug was adviser to hedge fund that shorted Merck. December 2, 2004: 10:32 AM EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent cardiologist who became a chief critic of Merck & Co.'s arthritis drug Vioxx several years before it was withdrawn has been an adviser to a hedge fund that shorted Merck's stock, according to a recent magazine article. Fortune said Dr. Eric Topol, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, began serving on the scientific advisory board of the $176 million Biomedical Value hedge fund long before Merck withdrew Vioxx in September. It said the fund is run by Great Point Partners of Greenwich, Conn. Great Point Partners said it could not immediately comment on the report. (For full story click here.) The article said the fund had performed strongly, in part by shorting Merck, and in a September 2004 performance summary had praised Topol for highlighting the dangers of Vioxx since 2002. Topol said in a statement that the Fortune article had used "innuendos and speculations" to challenge his credibility and that he had no knowledge of any investment by the fund in Merck and never discussed Vioxx with the fund.   Copyright 2004 Reuters All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.   Find this article at: http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fortune500/vioxx_fortune.reut    SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close   Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article.     www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om