December 02, 2009
Lilly Wins Partial Zyprexa Court Victory
In a fairly surprising setback, US District Court Judge Jack Weinstein yesterday granted summary judgement--or dismissed--a major portion of the State of Mississippi's lawsuit against Eli Lilly. That would be the part of the suit contending that the company was negligent in marketing Zyprexa. The ruling lets stand the portion of the state's case claiming the company bilked the state's Medicaid system.
I'd expect the state to appeal the judge's ruling, one of Lilly's first substantive victories in more than four years of settling various Zyprexa cases for about $2.8 billion.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at December 2, 2009 09:53 AM
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I think the Judge is just pissed at Hood for not settling and is sending a message to the other states.
If I recall, the judge expressed concern over Lilly going bankrupt and cited the benefits of Zyprexa.
Nothing was said about Lilly bankrupting public health programs in states all over the country and the lawsuit is mainly over off-label uses which had not been proven to benefit from Zyprexa.
Obviously the judge is now in Lilly's pocket or at least its corner.
