Friday 17 September 2010

Does stuff like this just happen in mental health medication or does it happen with all the other medicines?

http://www.pharmalot.com/2010/09/forest-labs-pays-313m-for-illegal-marketing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Pharmalot+(Pharmalot)#comments
$300+ million fines for a pharmaceutical company promoting off label use of medication.

Interferon is a very expensive medication that's very dangerous. It's very effective at treating lots of things and its use is increasing.  But I never hear of this sort of story about those sorts of medication. It's just mental health stuff. Perhaps this is just my bias but perhaps not.

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