August 20, 2009
Lilly Settles Zyprexa Lawsuit With State Of West Virginia
News is out that Lilly, makers of the antipsychotic Zyprexa, will pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the State of West Virginia which claimed that the company had illegally marketed the drug for unapproved uses including dementia
Lilly told Bloomberg:
"'We think that putting the issue behind us is not only in the best interest of Lilly but in that of patients, caregivers and health care professionals,' Marni Lemons, a Lilly spokeswoman, said today."
Yes, Lilly always has patients' best interests in mind.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at August 20, 2009 02:37 PM
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Reading stony-faced in an expression and emotion-free monotone Mimi Limon said "It's in your best interests to forget that this ever happened, because we'll be sure to. In any case, we're not going to be brought to book in any meaningful way, losers. And don't forget that we still have large stocks of LSD and a relationship with the CIA."
Yeah,Matt. Best interests, indeed.
http://twitter.com/stephany07/status/3440682937
Lilly has settled illegal marketing charges over its drug Zyprexa: [link deleted]
Philip Dawdy replies: please do not come into my site and leave links to outside commercial sites, especially when i've covered the issue far more than they have.
Stephany wrote:
"http://twitter.com/stephany07/status/3440682937"
I'm sure she finds her job as spokesperson for Narcotics R Us LLC thoroughly rewarding!
Matt
