NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - (Mealey's) A Risperdal personal injury trial ended Feb. 16 in a defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. after a New Jersey state court jury found that Janssen failed to warn about the... Read More
TRENTON, N.J. - (Mealey's) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P. and AstraZeneca L.P. on March 10 agreed to pay $68.5 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations in a New Jersey state court lawsuit that it marketed its atypical... Read More
LONDON - (Mealey's) AstraZeneca PLC said July 29 that it has agreed in principle to settle with nearly 4,000 Seroquel product liability plaintiffs. The company said settlement terms are confidential. In notes to its second-quarter financial... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — AstraZeneca announced Aug. 9 that it has reached agreements in principle to settle about 17,500 Seroquel claims in the United States for about $198 million. “The specific terms of the agreements, which are the result... Read More
By William A. Ruskin | In Comcast Corp. v Behrend , 133 S.Ct. 1426 (March 27, 2013) [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ], the Supreme Court held that the lower court erred in failing to consider flaws in plaintiffs' damages model... Read More
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky appeals court panel on Oct. 12 vacated verdicts totaling more than $130.7 million against two drug makers for publishing inflated average wholesale prices (AWPs), saying the Kentucky Medicaid program was well aware of the practice... Read More
LONDON - (AP) AstraZeneca PLC says it has paid around $198 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Full version available to lexis.com subscriber . Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) AstraZeneca will pay $68.5 million as part of a multistate settlement over allegations that the drug developer promoted its blockbuster psychiatric drug Seroquel for insomnia, Alzheimer's and other unapproved uses. The New... Read More
NEW YORK - (AP) AstraZeneca Plc said Tuesday it won a patent challenge brought against its blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor by generic drug developers. The U.S. District Court in Delaware ruled that a key patent on the company's third best-selling... Read More
LONDON - (AP) Drug maker AstraZeneca says it has reached an agreement with a U.S. company to settle patent infringement litigation. AstraZeneca said Friday that Handa Pharmaceuticals of Fremont, California had accepted that AstraZeneca had valid patents... Read More
MADISON Wis. – (AP) Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Tuesday that Wisconsin will get more than $4 million in a multistate settlement with drug manufacturer AstraZeneca. The drug maker allegedly marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for... Read More