In this Holiday Season there is a Scrooge (Bristol Meyer Squibb) among us!! Melanoma..Jim Breitfeller

In this Holiday Season there is a Scrooge among us. It is the Bristol-Meyer Squibb. In September of 2008 they stopped compassionate drug use (Ipilimumab) because they claimed that they were having trouble producing it. It has come to light that their major intension was to stop giving it away until they could get paid for it. The Shortage was a Magic act. Now it’s there and now it’s not.

To make matters worse, The FDA was contacted and never really looked into the Shortage. Did they turn blind eye or are they short staffed?

I have reason to believe Bristol-Meyer Squibb is the poster boy for Scrooge this Holiday Season In their Company Documents they say:

“What sets us apart? We believe it's our commitment to patients with serious diseases, our focus on finding innovative medicines that combat those diseases, and our dedication to extending and enhancing human life.”
Bristol-Meyer Squibb is committed to their bottom line. They are the Scrooge of the pharmaceutical Industry in my opinion. They all do it, just not as publicly as Bristol-Meyer Squibb.


The company should be investigated on their ethics.


1. They mislead Government officials, the truth about the shortage?
2. They added new Clinical Trials after they stopped Compassionate Drug Use
3. They mislead the general public (The Melanoma Patients)
4. They went so far to amend their Compassionate use protocol to read “the study will be closed to enrollment upon market availability and then need to switch to commercial supply.”
5. Jimmy, remember what the BMS "doctor" told me "Mrs., you will get the drug for your husband when we can charge for it."

This all comes down to Ethics. Doing what is right.

I say to Bristol-Meyer Squibb

“BAH HUM BUG!!!!!”



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Take Care,

Jimmy B