Second in a
series on Bactrim - Septra - Septrin side-effects
Septrin:
A lawyer writes
Following Brian
Deer's first stories in 1994 in The Sunday Times
of London about risks and side-effects of Septrin - Septra - Bactrim (also marketed under the
names of Septran, co-trimoxazole, Sulfatrim,
Cotrim, TMP-SMX, and dozens of other
designations), this was manufacturer Wellcome's
response
- Mr
Andrew Neil,
- Editor,
- The
Sunday Times,
- 1
Pennington Street,
- London
E1 9XW
1st March
1994
BY FAX AND
BY POST
Dear Sir,
We refer to
our letter of 18th February when we informed you
that we were acting for Wellcome Plc in the
context of the article that you were then
planning to publish about our clients.
Our clients
were appalled at the nature and content of the
two articles that appeared in your paper on 27th
February, and are considering their legal
position. We note than it is intended to publish
a further article on 6th March, and as a matter
of fairness, we would request that you provide
our clients with details of what this article is
to cover, so that the have an opportunity to
comment and make you aware of any inaccuracies.
Further, we
must ask you to preserve all materials that have
been generated and used in compilation of the
various articles as they may be required to be
disclosed in the course of legal proceedings.
Yours
faithfully,
DAVIES
ARNOLD COOPER
Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors, 6-8 Bouverie
Street, London EC4Y 8DD
- Professor
Richard Lacey,
- Department
of Microbiology,
- University
of Leeds,
- Leeds,
- LS2
9JT.
28th
February 1994
Dear
Professor Lacey
Re:
Wellcome - Sunday Times
You may have
seen the articles in the Sunday Times of 27th
February 1994 concerning Wellcome and The
Wellcome Trust which included comments by
yourself in relation to Wellcome's product
SEPTRIN. A copy of the article is attached.
Our client
would be interested to know whether the comments
attributed to you were correctly reported in the
context in which they were made. We should
appreciate an early response.
Yours
faithfully,
DAVIES
ARNOLD COOPER
Enc