"It's important that all members of the shadow cabinet play their full role in explaining and defending Labour's policy and approach, " he said.

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Douglas Weaver, chief of cardiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and president-elect of the ACC, says that the new statement came partly as a response to full-page advertisements from Merck and Schering defending Zetia and Vytorin and telling patients not to overreact to the ENHANCE study's findings.

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Ms Giuseppina Silvio, defending counsel, said he had made a "full and frank admission" and recognised it was a breach of trust.

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Robin Boag, defending, said his client was full of remorse, had acted out of panic, and shot himself in the foot.

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