Wednesday, May 12, 2010, my guest today is Thomas Nesi, author of Poison Pills : The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal, who was last on the Advocates on November 12, 2008.

Our subject is how the American pharmaceutical industry obtains processed opium, from countries worldwide, while trying to deprive the Taliban of its “cash crop” to finance world-wide terrorism! Thomas Nesi is a communications professional with more than thirty-five years experience in medical communications and strategic planning. He is a published author and professional lecturer as well as a medical film-maker.  

Mr. Nesi has worked for leading pharmaceutical companies and medical schools as media and marketing advisor, general consultant and competitive research analyst.  His work has been extensively produced and published and includes the noted ABC television special Fight For Life and the hard-cover and paperback book The Fire Inside (W.W. Norton, 1997.)  Tom has lectured at Harvard Medical School and the University Medical Center of Princeton on medical marketing, bioethics and public relations practices. 

Tom Nesi founded TJN Communications in 1990, and has done work for AstraZeneca LP, Pfizer, JJ/Merck, Glaxo, and Pharmacia among many others.  Tom was an editor, reporter and consultant to Medical News Network and organized medical coverage of meetings such as the American Heart Association. Nesi has a B.A. degree from Columbia University and a Masters Degree from the University of Southern California

McFarland-Smith Opium presentation:
www.matthey.com/media/Presentations/tradingupdate_jan06.pdf
British Royal National Institute’s instruction for the use of Diamorphine (British term for heroin)

                                          

The Painkilling Fields: England Opium Poppies…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-468430/emailArticle.html
Aoxing Pharma and Johnson Matthey PLC joint venture regarding poppy cultivation:

You can find out more about Tom Nesi and his writings at  www.tomnesi.org 

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