Re: Risperdal lawsuit charges Jannsen/J&J with deceptive marketing, failing to warn of neurological problems, diabetes for autism drug

[Guest guest]

Now if they could make the drug company executives, shill

researchers and sales reps take onto themselves all the side effects

of all the drugs they forced down the throats of foster kids and

institutionalized children through these scams, and bring back to

life all the elderly who outright died from the drugs by trading

their lives instead, there would be no pharmaceutical employees left

except for a couple of limping, tic-ridden lab assistants.

>

> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/11/20/ap4360558.html

> Associated Press

> Ark. AG Files Suit Over Drug Marketing[of only drug approved for

> treatment of symptoms of Autism]

> By ANDREW DeMILLO 11.20.07, 2:35 PM ET

> LITTLE ROCK -

> Arkansas Attorney General Mc accused drug companies

> Tuesday of improperly marketing an anti-psychotic drug and asked

a

> state judge to force the firms to repay millions paid by the

state's

> Medicaid program for unnecessary prescriptions.

>

> Mc filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against

> Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Janssen LP and & Inc.

In

> the filing, Mc said the companies " engaged in a direct,

> illegal, nationwide program of promotion of the use of Risperdal

for

> non-medically necessary uses. "

>

> & is the parent company of both Janssen

Pharmaceutica

> and Janssen LP.

>

> The lawsuit did not specify how much the state is seeking, but

> Mc has estimated that the state's Medicaid program spent

about

> $200 million over eight years to pay for prescriptions for

Zyprexa,

> Seroquel and Risperdal. The lawsuit filed Tuesday focuses solely

on

> Risperdal.

>

> Mc has said the drugs were prescribed for uses not approved

by

> federal regulators or indicated in labeling. Mc accused the

> companies of " deceptive " marketing practices that pushed

physicians

> to prescribe Risperdal much more than necessary.

>

> A spokeswoman for Janssen did not immediately return a call

Tuesday.

>

> The lawsuit also accuses drugmakers of not including warnings on

> Risperdal's bottle about adverse effects such as neurological

> problems, weight gain and diabetes.

>

> The lawsuit is being handled by Perrin LLP of

Houston,

> Texas. Mc told lawmakers in September that the firm will

bear

> all the lawsuit's expenses and its fee will be 15 percent of the

> award. The Texas firm is handling similar litigation for six

other

> states.

>

> Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This

material

> may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

>

[Guest guest]

From Pharmalot: The AG also alleges J & J concocted results of pre-marketing clinical trials to make appear as if Risperdal had fewer extra-pyramidal side effects (EPS) than older anti-psychotics when in fact it had virtually the same EPS profile. As Furious Seasons points out, the older meds were supposed to cause fewer side effects, making these safer for docs to prescribe.Questions:Who was conducting the clinical trials of Risperdal in children with autism?Who was funding the clinical trials of Risperdal in children with autism?http://nursing.yale.edu/News/Press/157/ On Nov 21, 2007, at 10:50 PM, anacat_11 wrote:Now if they could make the drug company executives, shill researchers and sales reps take onto themselves all the side effects of all the drugs they forced down the throats of foster kids and institutionalized children through these scams, and bring back to life all the elderly who outright died from the drugs by trading their lives instead, there would be no pharmaceutical employees left except for a couple of limping, tic-ridden lab assistants. >> http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/11/20/ap4360558.html> Associated Press> Ark. AG Files Suit Over Drug Marketing[of only drug approved for > treatment of symptoms of Autism]> By ANDREW DeMILLO 11.20.07, 2:35 PM ET> LITTLE ROCK -> Arkansas Attorney General Mc accused drug companies > Tuesday of improperly marketing an anti-psychotic drug and asked a > state judge to force the firms to repay millions paid by the state's > Medicaid program for unnecessary prescriptions.> > Mc filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against > Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Janssen LP and & Inc. In > the filing, Mc said the companies "engaged in a direct, > illegal, nationwide program of promotion of the use of Risperdal for > non-medically necessary uses."> > & is the parent company of both Janssen Pharmaceutica > and Janssen LP.> > The lawsuit did not specify how much the state is seeking, but > Mc has estimated that the state's Medicaid program spent about > $200 million over eight years to pay for prescriptions for Zyprexa, > Seroquel and Risperdal. The lawsuit filed Tuesday focuses solely on > Risperdal.> > Mc has said the drugs were prescribed for uses not approved by > federal regulators or indicated in labeling. Mc accused the > companies of "deceptive" marketing practices that pushed physicians > to prescribe Risperdal much more than necessary.> > A spokeswoman for Janssen did not immediately return a call Tuesday.> > The lawsuit also accuses drugmakers of not including warnings on > Risperdal's bottle about adverse effects such as neurological > problems, weight gain and diabetes.> > The lawsuit is being handled by Perrin LLP of Houston, > Texas. Mc told lawmakers in September that the firm will bear > all the lawsuit's expenses and its fee will be 15 percent of the > award. The Texas firm is handling similar litigation for six other > states.> > Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material > may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed>

[Guest guest]

They have tried to prescribe this for both kids on

seperate occasions.... takes it.

--- Krakow <rkrakow@...> wrote:

>

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/11/20/ap4360558.html

> Associated Press

> Ark. AG Files Suit Over Drug Marketing[of only drug

> approved for

> treatment of symptoms of Autism]

> By ANDREW DeMILLO 11.20.07, 2:35 PM ET

> LITTLE ROCK -

> Arkansas Attorney General Mc accused

> drug companies

> Tuesday of improperly marketing an anti-psychotic

> drug and asked a

> state judge to force the firms to repay millions

> paid by the state's

> Medicaid program for unnecessary prescriptions.

>

> Mc filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit

> Court against

> Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Janssen LP and &

> Inc. In

> the filing, Mc said the companies " engaged in

> a direct,

> illegal, nationwide program of promotion of the use

> of Risperdal for

> non-medically necessary uses. "

>

> & is the parent company of both

> Janssen Pharmaceutica

> and Janssen LP.

>

> The lawsuit did not specify how much the state is

> seeking, but

> Mc has estimated that the state's Medicaid

> program spent about

> $200 million over eight years to pay for

> prescriptions for Zyprexa,

> Seroquel and Risperdal. The lawsuit filed Tuesday

> focuses solely on

> Risperdal.

>

> Mc has said the drugs were prescribed for uses

> not approved by

> federal regulators or indicated in labeling.

> Mc accused the

> companies of " deceptive " marketing practices that

> pushed physicians

> to prescribe Risperdal much more than necessary.

>

> A spokeswoman for Janssen did not immediately return

> a call Tuesday.

>

> The lawsuit also accuses drugmakers of not including

> warnings on

> Risperdal's bottle about adverse effects such as

> neurological

> problems, weight gain and diabetes.

>

> The lawsuit is being handled by Perrin

> LLP of Houston,

> Texas. Mc told lawmakers in September that the

> firm will bear

> all the lawsuit's expenses and its fee will be 15

> percent of the

> award. The Texas firm is handling similar litigation

> for six other

> states.

>

> Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights

> reserved. This material

> may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or

> redistributed

>

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