Cipro

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In July 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) endorsed as a treatment for anthrax (then largely unknown to the public as a threat) an antibiotic produced by the Bayer Corporation (->). The drug was Cipro. As Tethrahedron (->) reported, "after September 11, 2001, the drug became the one-of-choice for treating anthrax in the wave of attacks that terrified the United States. However other well-established drugs are far less expensive and proven to be just as effective.

Broadcasters such as Peter Jennings on the ABC Nightly News featured the antibiotic Cipro, without mention of far less costly and risky alternatives to mass population prophylaxis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advanced Cipro for anthrax along with a "Model State Emergency Health Powers Act" for generic bioterrorism response including forced drugging and certain vaccinations for anthrax and smallpox. http://www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA.pdf

Due to the panic and official endorsements, Cipro sales skyrocketed more than 1000%. At a single consumer prescription cost of $700 for a mere sixty-day supply, the resulting revenue helped rescue Bayer from the brink of bankruptcy. http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011114/08/germany-bayer

Then, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson rushed to spend millions more on a "special" Cipro contract in further defense of the nation's health.By November 2001, in the wake of the anthrax mailings, more than 30,000 panicked people in the United States were taking Cipro" http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/business/25BaYE.html Source: http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/anthrax/anthrax_espionage.html