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lou_lou 09-05-2009 10:55 AM

[BigPharma] -Fines unlikely to end off-label drug marketing
 
Fines unlikely to end off-label drug marketing
Upside is too great for pharmaceutical firms to worry about penalty
The Associated Press
updated 4:38 p.m. CT, Fri., Sept . 4, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS - Pfizer Inc. was slapped this week with a record $2.3 billion in fines for illegally marketing some drugs, but critics say even that eye-popping total is unlikely to end the sometimes-dangerous practice of promoting drugs for unapproved uses.

The penalty pales compared to the billion dollars or more

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32694936...s-us_business/
video
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31388323...60979#32660979

Bob Dawson 09-05-2009 12:12 PM

Okay, now I know I must be really crazy. I'm going to dance to the Blues right now. Don't tell me anything more today unless my house is on fire.
I remember telling people pharma is honest.
PD must cause these hallucinations.


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