One of the questions that Senator may pursue is the legal payment received by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in recent years.
According to public records, the business agreement has been worth about $ 2.5 million since 2022, which could increase further.
Kennedy introduced the client to the company when claiming the injury of Gardasil vaccine, a Merck product to prevent cervical cancer, which could be caused by human papillomavirus or HPV.
According to the ethical documents submitted before the confirmation hearing, Kennedy took an unusual step in continuing to bet on pending litigation.
According to the Aidaho Republican Republican member Mike Clapo, Kennedy at the early stage of the hearing, “What you know in your background, which may present your duty and conflicts of the office you are nominated. I asked if there was. “
Kennedy answered: “No, Chairman.”
Ethics experts have different perspectives.
Wisser Baum's company is currently representing the plaintiffs in California, a plaintiff for Merck, and other litigation is pending in North Carolina.
California trials include plaintiffs claiming that after receiving a shot, the posture olstick tachycardia syndrome or a pot developed. Merck's spokesman states that this claim has no benefits.
Kennedy receives a potentially large amount if Merck resolves the case or has a pharmaceutical company in one of the most expected JU trials.
Ethics experts said that if Kennedy was confirmed that he was a national health secretary, business agreement would be a problem. He supervised the Food and Pharmaceutical Bureau and other institutions that make important decisions for pharmaceutical companies, including Merck. Some include the approval of pharmaceuticals, safety measures, medical and medical funds.
The first arrangement reported by the Times has attracted a wide range of attention. Caroline Kennedy, who released a painful letter on Tuesday in detail about her cousin, said, “He has accessed almost all cervical cancer and has accessed the vaccine that has been securely administered. Millions of boys and girls say that they will reject themselves. “
Mr. Kennedy stated that if the confirmation was confirmed, if the fee was collected only in the holding case, the consulting and client reference agreement with Wiss Baum would be terminated. He also ends an introduction agreement with Morgan & Morgan, a large -scale personal injury company that claims to be harmful to people with highly addicted super -processed foods. I pledged that.
