Foodman1291
1 시간 전
Falconer
How about contacting Wisner Baum or Morgan and Morgan law firms instead. Never know what you’ll get by asking to speak to the
Office Manager to explain your good intentions. Have done it myself to get in touch with some very private people over my career. Check it out here…
RFK Jr. intends to keep financial interest in some lawsuits brought by firm that challenges pharmaceutical companies
Fredreka Schouten
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN
3 minute read
Published 10:51 PM EST, Wed January 22, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. sits in a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025, in Washington, DC.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. sits in a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
CNN
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – the vaccine skeptic President Donald Trump has nominated to serve as Health and Human Services secretary – plans to retain his financial interest in some litigation brought by Wisner Baum, a law firm whose specialties include pursuing pharmaceutical drug injury cases.
Ethics records released Wednesday indicate that Kennedy intends to keep collecting fees related to past referrals of clients to the firm, even as he would serve in a position to oversee policies that affect drug makers should the Senate confirm him to the post. Kennedy’s confirmation hearings before two Senate committees are scheduled for next week.
Kennedy’s financial disclosures, filed as part of his potential role in the incoming administration and during his brief run for the presidency last year, show he has earned more than $2.4 million from the Wisner Baum arrangement in recent years.
Wisner Baum is currently suing Merck over Gardasil – which is administered to young people to prevent HPV, the human papillomavirus – with a trial beginning this week in California, according to the firm’s website. Long-lasting infections with certain types of HPV can lead to cancer later in life.
Wisner Baum describes itself as home to the “top Gardasil lawyers in America.”
In his ethics agreement posted Wednesday, Kennedy said he would resign from his consulting arrangement with the firm if he’s confirmed by the Senate. However, he said he was entitled “to receive 10% of fees awarded in contingency cases referred” to Wisner Baum and intended to retain that contingency fee interest in cases that the HHS ethics office determines “do not involve the United States as a party and in which the United States does not have a direct and substantial interest.”
Kennedy pledged to divest his “interest from all pending contingency fee cases that involve claims against the United States, including any claims filed under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,” a reference to the special vaccine court that compensates for injuries.
CNN has reached out to a Kennedy spokesperson and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kennedy has long sought to sow doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including Gardasil – which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends as part of routine vaccinations for children at ages 11 or 12.
In a statement to CNN, Merck said, “An overwhelming body of scientific evidence, including more than 30 years of research and development along with real world evidence generated by Merck and by independent investigators, continues to support the safety and efficacy of our HPV vaccines.”
In his filings Wednesday, Kennedy said he also has a referral agreement with another firm, Morgan & Morgan PA, that entitled him to receive 10% of fees awarded in cases he referred. Kennedy said he has no outstanding contingency fee cases with that firm and would receive no further payment on past cases.
He said he would end his agreement with Morgan & Morgan if confirmed.
CNN’s Meg Tirrell and Aaron Pellish contributed to this report.
Investor2014
5 시간 전
Anavex themselves and I (for what it is worth) agree that AD is a complex disease that will need a multidimensional approach to prevent and/or successfully treat.
Anavex, if A2-73 if approved, would be one element of that treatment/prevention regimen for some patients, not least because the MoA is addressed at mitochondrial homeostasis and thus the energy ATP cycle.
Obviously for you point, assuming you have one, to become a relevant reality - some treatments would need to be approved for various aspects of e.g. AD for combinations to be identified and prescribed to responders.
k9uwa
13 시간 전
Had a little time this evening to look about a bit. Lets see where we stand relative to who owns Anaxex shares.
Fintel says: Institutional Shares (Long) 34,715,010 - 40.81% (ex 13D/G) - change of 1.78MM shares 5.40% MRQ
So whatever their sources are they say we are UP 1.78MM shares which is 5.4% more than the end of year quarter. We do get accurate numbers for end of year on Feb 15th. Yes SEC rules say those institutions have to file 45 days after the end of each quarter. Forms 13F/D/G. Looking a bit more at this info Fintel says:
Institutional Owners 304 total, 295 long only, 0 short only, 9 long/short - change of 11.76% MRQ MRQ = Most Recent Quarter.
So then for some the question is who gives a Hoot how many shares and who else owns AVXL. Well somehow for the most part these "Tutes" maybe know more than those of us who post to Investors Hub. Or maybe we come very close to matching the "Tutes" ability to know what and when to buy what stocks. We are fortunate to have quite a few posters to Ihub who have different methods of finding and posting information. Some great. Some good. Some are maybe BOTS But by reading all you soon learn who really is interested and own shares in AVXL. and the WHY they own those shares. All of us are here hoping to make some $$$ some of us are here because we think that Anavex does have the Magic bullet that won't solve ALZ but for damned sure will greatly slow the advancement of ALZ. Put me in that box. Picked Anavex back in 2015. Time to end this diatribe and get a little sleep. Reference to previous post.
Since I am anything but anonymous if you don't think so just put my moniker into your favorite search engine. Those of us with a federal HamRadio license can not hide.
off for a few hours of ZZZZZZzzzz time.
John k9uwa
falconer66a
1 일 전
But No Useful Email Addresses
"This is RFK’s contact page, with all of his social media contacts."
Of course, those were the publicly-listed contacts for RFK Jr., which I first checked to find a useful email address that would get a message to RFK Jr's desk, or to someone working closely with him, an office aide, etc.
But, no email addresses for anyone at either of the organizations; merely generic snail mail addresses to the organizations.
If ever I can get a valid email address that connects to someone close to RFK Jr. I'll send my detailed PDF which will tell how FDA approval of blarcamesine will be so helpful. But, understandably, no such email addresses are publicly available. Too much junk would be generated that would clog the administrative works of HHS.
I'll wait to see if I can learn of an appropriate recipient's email address. With that, I'll construct the detailed PDF that will clearly tell the story of Anavex science and how, when implemented, it will transform 21st-century medical care and therapies.