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The charges being settled are: 1. for promoting off-label use of Paxil and Wellbutrin, 2. holding back data and making unsupported claims regarding its diabet
by politician 14y ago
The charges being settled are:
1. for promoting off-label use of Paxil and Wellbutrin,
2. holding back data and making unsupported claims regarding its diabetes drug Avandia, and
3. that their sales force used inappropriate tactics to get doctors to prescribe their drugs, including various forms of “high-priced entertainment” and large speaking fees.
- Alex3917 14y agoI love how lying about the safety and efficacy becomes "holding back data and making unsupported claims" when filtered through the 'science-based medicine' blog. And how paying tens of millions of dollars worth of bribes, including over 275k to Dr. Drew alone to have him secretly promote the product on TV, becomes 'high-priced entertainment and large speaking fees'. If you want to know what they were actually doing you can read about it directly from the DOJ with all the big pharma apologism: http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/gsk/us-complaint.pdf http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/gsk/us-complaint.pdf