Not All Depressed People Are on the Verge of Suicide, but Drug May Push Some Over Edge

Pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly & Co. have a three-fold responsibility: (1) to provide adequate monetary returns for their stockholders; (2) to research and market increasingly effective medications; (3) and to deal with the sometimes tragic side effects of many of these drugs with honesty and compassion.

My bottom-line question: Are stock share figures really what the pursuit of healing illness and pain is all about?

IRENE P. BRECKLER

Encino