http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/5/003318-5205-009.html
Behind closed doors
It's got to be right to be official
He didn't do it, but he likes it
U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was a prime suspect last week when lawmakers were trying to figure out who was behind last-minute language added to a homeland security bill to protect vaccine makers such as Eli Lilly and Co. from lawsuits against vaccine additives.
Frist is the author of legislation making changes to vaccine liability. But that bill is still pending, and Frist said he was not the one who added similar language to the homeland security bill -- although he was a main defender of the provision.
While the instigator remains a mystery, the good relationship between Frist and Eli Lilly is not. When Frist published a book this past year on bioterrorism, Lilly bought 5,000 copies to give to physicians around the country.
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