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Federal district Judge Jack B. Weinstein has rejected a request to vary a gag order [11] he made on January 4 blocking publication of material that would "facilitate dissemination" of leaked documents from the drug company, Eli Lilly [12]. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, representing an anonymous citizen journalist, argued that banning the addition of a link to the documents on the wiki-based website, Zyprexa Kills [13], is a breach of the individual's right to free speech. The documents about side-effects of Zyprexa [14], a drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, were cited [15] in a series [16] of articles [17] in the New York Times in mid-December. The articles allege Eli Lilly "engaged in a decade-long effort to play down the health risks of Zyprexa."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/7/bob-burton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/activism
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/media/citizen-journalism
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/crisis-management
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/media/internet
[6] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/ethics
[7] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/pharmaceuticals
[8] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/science
[9] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/secrecy
[10] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2007%2F01%2F5620%2Fjudge-gags-weblinks-leaked-eli-lilly-documents&linkname=Judge%20Gags%20Weblinks%20to%20Leaked%20Eli%20Lilly%20Documents
[11] http://www.mindfreedom.org/know/psych-drug-corp/eli-lilly-secrets/resolveuid/8a164e3fba73ce850aa79bca661be8ea
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eli_Lilly
[13] http://zyprexa.pbwiki.com
[14] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Zyprexa
[15] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/business/17drug.html
[16] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/business/18drug.html
[17] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/business/21drug.html
[18] http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196802192&subSection=Healthcare