Boston Globe
By Patricia Wen
Six years ago, an 11-year-old boy from Belchertown was experiencing wild mood swings. Counseling sessions did not calm his sometimes violent eruptions. Then one day, the child and his mother walked into the Springfield office of Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, a petite, soft-spoken child psychiatrist who had come to the United States from [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 19, 2007
Girl’s death puts doctor at center of controversy – Questions raised on prescriptions
February 13, 2007
State has sued Lilly over drug: ZYPREXA: Suit is one of 1,200 still pending; 28,000 claims settled.
Anchorage Daily News
By: Lisa Demer
Zyprexa, a medication for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is Eli Lilly’s best-seller. But the company has been embroiled in controversy over it for years.
A lawsuit filed last year by the state of Alaska against Eli Lilly over Zyprexa is among hundreds still unresolved.
The state contends Lilly failed to warn of serious [...]
February 6, 2007
Hull parents arrested in girl’s poisoning death
Boston Globe
By David Abel, Globe Staff
The parents of a 4-year-old girl from Hull were arrested yesterday on murder charges after investigators concluded they poisoned their daughter, prosecutors said.
Michael Riley , 34, and his wife, Carolyn, 32, were taken into custody at his mother’s house in Weymouth in the death of their daughter Rebecca in [...]
February 2, 2007
Company Accused of Improprieties in Marketing Risperdal
Psychiatric News
Jim Rosack
The Texas attorney general says TMAP was just one part of an elaborate marketing scheme to increase psychotropic drug sales.
The Texas state attorney general joined a whistleblower lawsuit this past December accusing the pharmaceutical and consumer goods giant Johnson and Johnson inc. of exaggerating the benefits and minimizing the known adverse effects associated [...]
