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6 Mar 2014

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MTN News – Helena (USA)

Montana reaches $5.9M settlement in pharmaceutical case [USA]

[A] $5.9 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against a large pharmaceutical company…The Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit in 2008 against Janssen Ortho LLC and Janssen Pharmaceuticals...[part of Johnson & Johnson]. The lawsuit alleged the company employed illegal, unfair and deceptive practices in the marketing of Risperdal, an antipsychotic…The lawsuit alleged Janssen deceived Montana physicians and consumers when it promoted Risperdal as safe and effective for a variety of conditions, but…Janssen's own studies…demonstrated it had the potential to cause weight gain and diabetes, cerebrovascular complications in the elderly, as well as other severe adverse side effects.…Janssen agreed to settle the lawsuit for $5.9 million last month…[and] did not admit wrongdoing through the settlement…[A]bout $1.5 million of the settlement will be used to bolster the state's Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Program…