Healthcare Reform Debate – If the ongoing healthcare reform debate has you even somewhat engaged, you have to learn more about the Bextra litigation settlement Pfizer announced today.
Pfizer Illegal Conduct – Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, will pay $2.3 billion in connection with its illegal promotion of the drug Bextra. Pfizer affirmatively (not close-to-the-line, grey-area behavior) marketed Bextra for off-label use in violation of the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
Criminal Conduct – This is CRIMINAL conduct, not garden-variety tort stuff. Pfizer’s Pharmacia will plead GUILTY to one criminal count of violating the Act.
More – To read more in the category of “We Don’t Need Healthcare Reform?”, check out this MSNBC news piece on UnitedHealth.
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