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The Life And Times Of Whistleblowers

Seeded on Thu May 13, 2010 12:21 PM EDT
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It's never easy being a snitch and a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds the process takes a heavy toll on personal and professional lives, since whistleblower cases last, on average, almost five years. The researchers interviewed 26 people who filed 17 cases against drugmakers from January 2001 to March 2009, and the whistleblowers received shares of settlements ranging from $100,000 to $42 million - an average of $3 million.

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What motivated them? The most common reply was integrity.

Add to that-ETHICS-something the pharma industry sorely lacking.

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