Drug Firm Pays Billions for Misbranding Antipsychotics

Johnson & Johnson was sued for failing to report data suggesting increased risks for stroke and diabetes associated with the antipsychotic Risperdal.

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Parents sue over medical subsidies for special-needs kids

Parents sue over medical subsidies for special-needs kids

A group of Michigan parents sued the state Tuesday in federal court, saying the Department of Human Services failed to payadequate medical subsidies for special-needs children.

Recent Birth Defect Study May Signal Future Zoloft Lawsuit

According to an MSNBC article, a growing concern over drugs like Zoloft taken during pregnancy has many women wondering if the anxiety relief of these drugs is worth the risks of birth defects to the developing infant, which include “persistent pulmonary hypertension, a condition in which there are problems with the baby's blood circulation, and not enough oxygen reaches the bloodstream, resulting in respiratory difficulties.” The Mayo Clinic also explains this type of medication can lead to rare but serious side effects, including “septal heart defects,” “a birth defect that affects the brain and skull (anencephaly), a birth defect that affect sutures on the head (craniosynostosis) and a birth defect that affects the abdominal organs (omphalocele).”

Recent Birth Defect Study May Signal Future Zoloft Lawsuit

Ohio to receive $2.7 million in settlement over Seroquel marketing

Ohio to receive $2.7 million in settlement over Seroquel marketing

Ohio will receive $2.6 million of a $68.5 million settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals over marketing of antipsychotic drug Seroquel.

Supreme Court shields vaccine makers from lawsuits

The Supreme Court's 6-2 ruling upholds a federal law that offers compensation to victims of side effects from vaccines and prohibits lawsuits.

Supreme Court shields vaccine makers from lawsuits

Ex-Glaxo Executive Is Charged in Drug Fraud

In a rare move, the Justice Department on Tuesday announced that it had charged a former vice president and top lawyer for the British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline with making false statements and obstructing a federal investigation into illegal marketing of the antidepressant Wellbutrin for weight loss.

Ex-Glaxo Executive Is Charged in Drug Fraud

How to Sue Drug Companies for Free

Defective drug legislation is big right now. Pharma is rapidly becoming the next big tobacco but on a much grander scale.

Class action lawsuits with 10,000s of victims are lashing out against drug firms while even State governments level more lawsuits against them.

Law firms are suing pharmaceutical companies for unethical marketing practices, a failure to warn the public about potentially harmful and sometimes deadly side effects when they were known about prior to marketing, downplaying side effects while hyping up benefits, etc.

If you have been damaged by a medication you can potentially sue and in most cases lawyers will take your case for free.

Some drugs that are listed on law office websites as defective drugs include; Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Crestor, Baycol, Viagra, Cialis, Risperdal, Seroguel, Zyprexa, Adderall, Ritalin, Neurotin, Paxil, Prozac, Ambien, Zoloft.

Some defective drugs have been associated with death, suicide, homicide, neurological damage, heart attacks, diabetes, excessive weight gain, sexual dysfunction, impertinency, vision loss and a host of other side effects.

Virtually every psychotropic (psychiatric) drug is listed on some defective drug website including antidepressants, antipsychotic, anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics), etc.

Drug companies that are being sued include Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Janssen, Abbott, Novartis, Wyeth, etc.

You can get a free legal consultations just by doing a search with the drug name and the world lawyer.

Forest, Maker of Celexa, to Pay More Than $313 Million to Settle Marketing Case

Forest, Maker of Celexa, to Pay More Than $313 Million to Settle Marketing Case

A unit of Forest Laboratories, the maker of the antidepressant Celexa, agreed on Wednesday to pay more than $313 million to settle criminal and civil complaints, including a claim that it had illegally promoted the drug for use in children.

State Gets $500K After Drug Maker Settles Lawsuit

State Gets $500K After Drug Maker Settles Lawsuit

Wisconsin will get over a half-million dollars after a drug company agreed to settle a lawsuit.

Ortho-McNeil-Janssen was accused of marketing the drug Topamax for conditions not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. They included psychiatric problems like bi-polar disorder, and drug and alcohol dependency.

AstraZeneca Wins Dismissal of Verus Suit Over Plan to Develop Asthma Drug

AstraZeneca Plc won dismissal of a lawsuit in which it was accused of backing out of a deal with Verus Pharmaceuticals Inc. to develop a children’s asthma drug and instead aligning with competitor Map Pharmaceuticals Inc.

AstraZeneca Wins Dismissal of Verus Suit Over Plan to Develop Asthma Drug

Pfizer Officials Sued by Investors

A union pension fund has sued drugmaker Pfizer, saying that directors should be held liable for the company's repeated violations of federal laws governing drug-marketing practices that resulted in the company having to pay a $2.3 billion settlement.

Pfizer Officials Sued by Investors

Children's drug consumers sue J&J for fraud

Consumers are accusing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) of fraud and racketeering in a lawsuit stemming from its recent children's drug recall. The buyers of those recalled meds are demanding cash refunds--rather than coupons for replacement products--in five suits seeking class-action status in federal court in Chicago.

Children's drug consumers sue J&J for fraud

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

In the past few years, a number of pharmaceutical companies have admitted to federal charges that they illegally marketed psychiatric medications for non-approved uses, with the companies paying large sums to settle the cases. Now, a legal complaint filed by the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights in an Alaskan federal court is raising a related question. When healthcare providers bill Medicaid for prescriptions of psychiatric drugs to children for non-approved uses, are they committing Medicaid fraud?

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

A lawsuit from Utah

http://www.psychsearch.net/Utah_Seroquel_Risperdal_Complaint.pdf

La. gets $20 million in Eli Lilly drug settlement

Louisiana will receive $20 million in a settlement with pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Co. over its marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa, the state attorney general said Wednesday.

La. gets $20 million in Eli Lilly drug settlement

Lawsuits filed over drug side effects

A Philadelphia law firm today said it filed 10 lawsuits on behalf of boys and young men who developed serious side effects - including the growth of breasts - while taking the antipsychotic medications Risperdal and Invega.

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How to Sue Drug Companies for Free

Defective drug legislation is big right now. Pharma is rapidly becoming the next big tobacco but on a much grander scale.

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