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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #1 on: May 14th, 2004, 11:20am » |
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Heard about that on the radio yesterday. Criminal behavior by the company and the doctors they bought or rented. But the $400 million penalty wasn't too severe for a company that was bought for $120 billion in 2000. Just the cost of doing business.
The scariest thing was one doctor describing how they would lie to create 'a buzz' about neurontin among doctors. The buzz took on a life of its own and kept spreading.
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« Reply #2 on: May 14th, 2004, 1:06pm » |
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I agree, 'huge' ends up being a drop in the bucket. Some penalty. 
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #3 on: May 14th, 2004, 10:37pm » |
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Can not resist this one...
Can not be on long...
Can say I told you so long ago
Can say it was last year...
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #4 on: May 14th, 2004, 10:54pm » |
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It's not the last we'll hear of this either.
Medicine and capitalism don't mix.
The whistle blower in this case is going to get $26 Million dollars.
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #5 on: May 14th, 2004, 11:00pm » |
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The person I believe was an ex nerotten rep...emp. Then again ...
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #6 on: May 15th, 2004, 4:45am » |
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And this is what they are giving me because I could not deal with the side effects of Topomax???????????????
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #7 on: May 15th, 2004, 8:30am » |
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Nice. Very nice. Saw this in the Buffalo News Friday. No fine is large enough for these bastards.
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« Reply #8 on: May 15th, 2004, 12:04pm » |
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Well, in this case, they were marketing it for uses where it had not been proven. The law lets doctors use a medicine for "off label" purposes if they think it will help. The unethical conduct and legal violations were related to the fact that the companies cannot legally market a drug for off label purposes, and they cant lie about a drug being helpful without studies to prove it.
No one is disputing that both neurontin and topomax help some people with some conditions, and both have side effects.
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Re: Huge penalty in drug fraud (Neurontin)
« Reply #9 on: May 15th, 2004, 3:22pm » |
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on May 14th, 2004, 11:20am, floridian wrote:
the $400 million penalty wasn't too severe for a company that was bought for $120 billion in 2000. Just the cost of doing business.
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A drop in the bucket....
I can't take this stuff anyway.
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