ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

'Thts volume has not been wrinen in honour o.f CIBA-GEIGY It is an accounr offaas
which those in responsibleposirions wnhin CIB.4-GEIGY are reluaam to talk about, preferr-
ing to conceal, distort. den? or keep them secret
Confidential infernal material. that has been acquiredfrom individuu8s ^orkin^ inside the
company, *ill as a result, he discussed openlv for thefirsr nme One conceivable outcome is
rhat CIB.4-GEIG Y'\ repurution andFinancral sranding mav be affected As U doctor I ha~e no
choice in the matter The priman dutv of a domr is not to cause harm This necc'isar~lv
implies that Imusi nor keep ailens about knobi'ed&' which mu?pre'-ent suffering"
These are the opening words of Dr Olle Hansson's book which exposes some of the
unconscionable operationsof the pharmaceutical giant CIBVGElGY
The book itself is in three pans The firs[ pan is the story of a drug. clioquinol. which
ruined thousands of people's lives. The story is told b> Olle Hansson who, earl? on, necame
deeply mboived in the traged? and did more than anyone else 10 br!ng ;t touiird-i a conJusion.
It is a dramatic and horrif'.ing star!. but also raises the question, 'C 'uld it happen again"'
In the second pan of the book, more recent examples of drug marketing b\ CIBA-
GEIGY and other transnational companies are examined The picture is \er\ disturbing
Olle Hansson himself died before he could finish the book, so the final par! ^as ¥*ritte
by an associate and describes the events that followed Olk Hansson'i long struggle with ClBA-
GEIGY.
Penang, Malaysia The Hague, Netherlands Monre~deo, L'ruguiiy
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