Thursday, April 29, 2010

J&J - Topamax: some call it Justice

The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax.

The department says Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC will plead guilty to promoting the sale of Topamax for psychiatric uses. Federal drug regulators approved it as an anti-epileptic drug.

The government says Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals will pay over $75 million for alleged illegal promotion of Topamax for a variety of psychiatric uses.

http://www.courant.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-doj-jj,0,3681933.story

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