February 27, 2009

Documents on Seroquel show drugmaker knew of risks

Associated Press
Documents on Seroquel show drugmaker knew of risks
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
TRENTON, N.J.
Internal AstraZeneca reports and e-mails written by company officials show they knew a decade ago that their psychiatric drug Seroquel caused diabetes and major weight gain, plaintiffs’ lawyers said Friday after releasing dozens of the previously sealed documents.
“They not only failed to [...]