Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Kentucky Included In Drug Settlement
KENTUCKY....
Attorney General Jack Conway has announced Kentucky will receive nearly $2 million as the result of the state's participation in the $75 million national settlement with a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. Allegations stated that Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals illegally marketed the anti-seizure drug Topamax for uses not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, including psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder and drug and alcohol dependency. Kentucky's share represents double the amount that Kentucky Medicaid spent on prescriptions written as a result of the practices.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:18 PM 
