Topic: Risperdal
The healthcare giant is talking to the feds about settling charges of illegal marketing of its Risperdal antipsychotic, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (see page 32). "Discussions are ongoing in an effort to resolve potential criminal ...
Comment on Harvard Alumni Magazine article 9-15-09ralph deeds, MBA 1960?The Institute of Medicine issued a critical report calling for doctors to stop taking money, free drug samples and other gifts from drug and medical device companies. Here's a link to a NY ...
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint Friday alleging that drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson paid kickbacks to ensure that one of its prescription drugs was used and recommended in nursing homes.. In a press release, the Department of Justice said ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & "This is what we need to do to right-size the company to make sure we have the resources to invest" for long-term sustainable growth of the company, Chief Executive Officer William Weldon told analysts on a ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Up to a third of children and adolescents who took common antipsychotic drugs for the first time became overweight or obese in as little as 11 weeks, raising their risk for diabetes and heart disease, U.S. researchers said on ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Schizophrenia patients given a cheap older drug are less likely to die prematurely than people on newer treatments, despite the older product's well-known adverse side effects, Finnish researchers said on Monday.The finding may lead to wider use of clozapine ...
Drug sales reps are facing more job cuts, this time at Johnson Johnson.. The company has targeted about 900 positions for cuts from its U.S. pharmaceuticals unit, some through layoffs and others through attrition Dow Jones Newswires reports. Antipsychotic Risperdal's sales dropped ...
"Shipping has commenced," Teva spokeswoman Denise Bradley told the Health Blog.. Teva has 180 days of market exclusivity before other generic manufacturers can enter the fray with their own versions. The six-month monopoly on the generic, known as risperidone, should mean big ...
The FDA issued a rare correction today after mistakenly saying on its Web site that the agency approved the first generic tablets of antipsychotic blockbuster Risperdal from Ranbaxy Laboratories, an Indian generics company. The announcement was especially surprising to Ranbaxy because it ...
Minnesota psychiatrists who frequently prescribe powerful drugs to children get more money from drug companies than psychiatrists who prescribe the drugs less often, the New York Times reports. The antipsychotic drugs include Johnson Johnson's Risperdal, AstraZeneca's Seroquel, Lilly's Zyprexa and Pfizer's Geodon. ...