Mercola: Drug Firms Have Used Dangerous Tactics to Drive Sales to Treat Kids with Psychotropic Drugs
Mercola.com – May 7, 2014 By Dr. Joseph Mercola There is big money to be made in prescribing medications to kids – especially when those…
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BNET: ‘The Dog Ate AstraZeneca’s Homework! Evidence on Misleading Drug Ad Disappears From Company’s Files’
AstraZeneca (AZN) says it has lost a crucial internal document that would explain how an ad for its antipsychotic Seroquel misleadingly claimed there was “no weight gain” with the drug and described its “favorable weight profile.” But the company admits it kept the six-year-old envelope that once allegedly contained the ad’s approval certificate, according to a ruling by the U.K.’s Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority.
A good start: Antipsychotic drug maker to pay half billion in fines for illegal marketing
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $520 million to settle federal investigations into marketing practices for its schizophrenia drug Seroquel. This makes AstraZeneca the fourth big drug company in the last three years to admit to federal charges of illegal marketing of antipsychotic drugs.
Psychiatrist Stefan Kruszewski blows the whistle on antipsychotic drug maker resulting in half billion dollars in fines
Harrisburg psychiatrist Stefan Kruszewski offers no pain relief for pharmaceutical companies. He testifies against them when they make false claims about their drugs, and he’s good at it. The AstraZeneca drug Seroquel is for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but the company marketed it to seniors and kids for other things and wooed doctors into over-prescribing it.
After $1.4 billion criminal fine for illegal marketing, Eli Lilly tries something new—promoting “ethical behavior”
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to add four new senior positions to “promote highly ethical and compliant behaviors” as part of a settlement of two lawsuits arising from the company’s illegal marketing and promotion of several drugs.