Sen. Grassley Goes After Glaxo For Paxil Docs

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday sent a letter to GSK asking for copies of documents recently unsealed in a court in California that point to the company knowing of elevated suicide risks around its anti-depressant Paxil as far back as 1989. In particular, the senator wants nine pages of documents that were left out of the public release.

Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate's Finance Commitee, has been banging on a slew of pharma companies and the FDA for some time now, including Lilly and AstraZeneca.

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