Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, has been slapped with a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal fine for promoting four drugs for off-label use, paying off doctors and billing the government. Pfizer is a "repeat offender" says the government.
The Boston U.S. Attorney’s office has subpoenaed financial records belonging to Dr. Scott S. Reuben, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center in Mass. after it was revealed that he faked data in at least 21 anesthesiology studies favoring the drug companies he received money from.
Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash and stock deal of $68 billion that makes the world's largest drug company even larger.
Prizer today announced it's agreed to a $900 million settlement to address the bulk of the Celebrex and Bextra lawsuits filed. Bextra is off the market because of its link to heart attack and stroke. Celebrex carries a black box warning.
Even though Vioxx and Bextra have been taken off the market because of a link to stroke and heart attack, a post-withdrawl study confirms the Cox-2 inhibitors increased the risk for stroke among Vioxx users by 28 percent and among Bextra users 41 percent when compared to the control group.
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