March 12, 2007
The Zyprexa Chronicles: Montana Sues Eli Lilly
The Indianapolis Business Journal today reports that the State of Montana has filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, maker of Zyprexa. "The lawsuit alleges the Indianapolis drugmaker owes the state for drug costs and harming patients after promoting the drug to sedate nursing home patients and giving kickbacks to doctors, according to Bloomberg. Zyprexa, which turned nearly $4.4 billion in sales last year, is only approved for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Brought March 7, the Montana suit also claims Lilly launched a sales force with 280 people to market the drug for off-label uses."
The lawsuit brings to seven the number of states suing Lilly over various claims connected with Zyprexa.
I assume the 280-person sales force was nationwide. If it were restricted to Montana, well, then, that'd be quite the sales effort.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at March 12, 2007 02:30 PM
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This totally rocks.
I wonder what the Zyprexa Diabetes attorney thinks of my questioning off-label use 2 years ago; thinks now, that he refused my daughter's case.
Truth prevails, always.
Stephany--Enjoy the moment; may it go on and on.
If we could ever get the truth exposed about Lilly/ rDNA insulin, the unexplained rise in "insulin resistance" now occurring in the diabetes area, and the marketing tactics created "way back in the early 80's," maybe, insofar as Lilly is concerned, the moment would, indeed, go on and on and on.
