Press release from Dr. Matthias Rath

The BAYER scandal
- The beginning of the end of the "pharmaceutical business in disease"

Bayer has had to take its two medicines for fat metabolism, Baycol and
Lipobay, off the market. The reason for this is, in the USA 31 people have
died after taking these preparations. However, the reason for the
withdrawal of these medicines is not remorse in Bayer's headquarters, but
the threat of claims for billions of dollars in compensation in the USA,
where large law firms are already representing the rights of those harmed
by Bayer.

Terrible though the death of 31 people as a result of taking the Bayer
medicines is, compared with the number of deaths caused by pharmaceutical
preparations worldwide, this is only a fraction. In Europe, more people die
from the known and dangerous side effects of licensed medicines than in
traffic accidents. In the USA, the dangerous side effects of pharmaceutical
preparations are now the fourth most common cause of death - exceeded only
by heart attack, cancer and strokes.

The Bayer scandal is therefore only the tip of the iceberg. On 3 January
1996, the American doctors' journal, Journal of the American Medical
Association, warned that all cholesterol-lowering products can cause cancer
and thus have a potentially fatal side effect. For five years this warning
was ignored by Bayer and other manufacturers of cholesterol-lowering
preparations. They were earning billions and accepted illness and the death
of millions. But the end of this tragedy is in sight. If law firms in the
USA now sue the Bayer concern on account of the fatal side effect of its
preparations, it is only a question of time before the other pharmaceutical
concerns are overwhelmed with mass actions by the victims. The basis of
business for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide is the development of
preparations aimed at the symptoms but which largely leave the true causes
of diseases untreated. Only this can be the explanation why widespread
diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes, continue to
increase on a world scale.

Dr. Rath is regarded throughout the world as a pioneer in educating the
public about the unscrupulous business practices of the pharmaceutical
industry. As long ago as 21 June 1997, in a lecture at Chemnitz City Hall
that received international attention, Dr. Rath said "In the USA lawyers in
43 states have taken action against the cigarette industry to pay
compensation for the harm that this industry has caused in the population.
Yet the harm that the pharmaceutical industry has caused to millions of
patients and the community is far greater. It is only a question of time
before this branch of industry too is brought to book."

Dr. Rath's internet site www.drrath.com contains numerous documents from
his years of educational work about the unscrupulous pharmaceutical
business. With more than 1 million hits a month, this internet site is one
of the leading sources for natural health worldwide. Dr. Rath is the
founder and director of a research institute for natural health that has
proved that numerous widespread diseases, including disturbances of fat
metabolism, high cholesterol levels and other metabolic diseases can be
treated through optimally dosed vitamin programmes. In clinical trials he
has proved that these natural products are able to lower cholesterol
levels, triglyceride levels and the risk factor homocysteine in a natural
way - without dangerous side effects such as occur with the Bayer
preparations and comparable medicines.

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