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Agreement is reached on Lyme disease
Hartford Courant (05/02/08) Hilary Waldman
http://www.courant.com/news/health/hc-ctlyme0502.artmay02,0,5245299.story
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Infectious
Diseases Society of America have reached an agreement to establish an
independent review of the organization’s guidelines for treating Lyme
disease. The Society’s treatment standards downplayed a belief by many
that the tick-borne bacteria can remain for years in the bloodstream and
cause debilitating chronic symptoms. The agreement came after Blumenthal
launched an antitrust investigation to look into complaints that the
treatment guidelines were biased. Blumenthal also said his office found
evidence that some members of the Society had personal and professional
financial stakes in companies that make or develop Lyme disease tests
and treatments. “What happened in this process, what made it so flawed,
is it excluded information. The cause of that excluding of evidence was
financial concern,” he said. Under the agreement, the Society will name
an independent panel of experts to review the guidelines.
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