New York Times
By ALEX BERENSON
Eli Lilly and federal prosecutors are discussing a settlement of a civil and criminal investigation into the company’s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa that could result in Lilly’s paying more than $1 billion to federal and state governments.
Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use (December 18, 2006) If a deal [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
Lilly Considers $1 Billion Fine to Settle Case
January 31, 2008
Florida agency to review antipsychotic drug policy for kids
Daytona Beach News Journal
By M.C. MOEWE
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration plans to create a subcommittee to review its guidelines on payments for medications after questions were raised about antipsychotics being prescribed for children in the state’s insurance program for the poor.
Medicaid will pay for a drug only if it is “medically necessary and [...]
January 28, 2008
Florida Medicaid To Review Antipsychotics & ADHD
Pharmalot
By Ed Silverman
The move comes amid growing scrutiny. The taxpayer bill for these meds jumped from $9 million seven years ago to nearly $30 million in 2006. Florida Medicaid records reportedly show the number of children – some just months old – who were prescribed the drugs went from 9,364 seven years ago to 18,137 [...]
January 24, 2008
Eli Lilly settles 900 more claims over Zyprexa
Indianapolis Star
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co. has settled another 900 personal-injury claims against its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, including five set to go to court next month, thus avoiding what would have been the first trial in the U.S. The Indianapolis drug maker confirmed the settlement Wednesday but declined to reveal the amount. With the [...]
January 16, 2008
Drugs for children? Prescriptions of anti-psychotics troubling
Daytona Beach News Journal
Editorial
Parents at their wits’ end, wearing long sleeves to hide bruises and bite marks inflicted by their own offspring. Psychiatrists struggling to cope with children as young as 2 who show intractable behavior problems. Drug companies ready to suggest powerful drugs that can produce marked changes in a child’s behavior — getting [...]
January 10, 2008
Florida undecided as states sue over costly drug program
Daytona Beach News Journal
Mary Moewe
They’re powerful psychotic drugs, used to treat conditions like schizophrenia. No one knows what their effects are on children, especially infants, yet within seven years the number of children prescribed the drugs in Florida’s health insurance program for the poor has nearly doubled.
There’s no doubting one side effect, though — drug [...]
