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