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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Courts - "Eli Lilly Pays $15 Million to Settle State of Alaska's Lawsuit Over Drug Zyprexa"
From the AP, a story that begins:
Eli Lilly and Co. and Alaska announced a $15 million settlement Wednesday in the state's lawsuit over the use of the drug Zyprexa in its Medicaid program.Tom Spaulding of the Indianapolis Star has a story here.The deal ensures that Alaska will be treated as well as any other state that may settle with Lilly over similar claims involving the drug, which is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The agreement included no admission of wrongdoing by Lilly.
The state sued for hundreds of millions of dollars to cover costs to Medicaid for treating what it says are Zyprexa-related health problems, including weight gain, high blood sugar and diabetes.
The settlement ended a case in which jurors began hearing testimony on March 6. Lilly attorneys got a sense of the challenges they faced earlier this month.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Mark Rindner said on the bench, without jurors present, that without lawsuits like the one the state of Alaska brought, claims that drugs cause health problems "might well go unaddressed."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 26, 2008 03:04 PM
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