A US District Court judge dismissed use of a statistical summary to prove Zyprexa's side effects boost Medicaid costs in Mississippi. But Judge Jack Weinstein, overseeing the Zyprexa law suit, did not dismiss the allegation that "Lilly charged Mississippi more than the drug was worth." In dismissing most of the charges, Legalnewsline.com reports the judge called the law suit a "slash-and-burn style litigation," while maintaining the law was responsive to wrongdoing in individual cases. Lilly has paid more than $1.4 billion to settle law suits over Zyprexa with 45 states (33 in one action). The drug giant has long been in the market of psychiatric drugs as maker of the anti-depressant Prozac (which came off patent in 2001) and Strattera, a drug newly marketed for ADHD.
Eli Lilly sells a drug (Zyprexa) that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!
Eli Lilly has made $38 billion on Zyprexa and it was way oversold and caused diabetes and in some cases sudden death.
Eli Lilly has received a huge criminal fine over their Zyprexa cash cow,add it all up comes to $4.6 billion, in Zyprexa settlements,fines,litigation.
Did you know that Lilly made $ billions last year on diabetic meds, Actos,Humulin and Byetta?
They sell a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place!
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Daniel Haszard Zyprexa whistle-blower http://www.zyprexa-victims.com
so is this judge a doctor too or was he persuaded by doctors who get profits from using the drug.perhaps he has stock there.Maybe someone should give him a present for the holidays of one of the medical backed books written about how the drug harms people with other diseases.Or maybe just the label from the drug bottle would do.
Posted by gail warner | December 2, 2009 7:23 PM