We met with Fiddaman because he makes lots of noise - not we met because he has something useful to say !

It has been a very high profile issue, and our response to the requests is mindful of that.



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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uksurvivors/message/35858


From: Watkins, John
Date: 11/04/2008 16:19:57
To: Jeremy Bryce
Subject: RE: Meeting Janice Simmons & others re antidepressants


Dear Jeremy

We treat each request for a meeting on its own merits. With respect to Seroxat we recently had two requests, and the issue is one that has exercised both ourselves and media, conventional or web, for quite some time. It has been a very high profile issue, and our response to the requests is mindful of that.You will note that I have not promised a meeting with Robert Fiddaman, though I have not ruled it out either. Whatever the Seroxat lobby might or might not gain, we will note and weigh what they may say to us in any meeting and only take action that we think is in the best interests of society as a whole.

Regards,

John Watkins