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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