Nui te whiu i roto i te tarukino, i te tukino Pfizer mutu ai wheroni te take i roto i te Neurontin atu-tapanga whakatairanga - SFGate

Neurontin te hoko omaki i te tara

Te wehenga o te Pfizer Inc, i te nui rawa o te ao drugmaker, kua whakaae ki te tohe hara ki te rua felonies me te utu tara miriona i roto i te whiu ki te whakatau i te utu e te reira ki te whānako i whakatairangatia ana te tarukino Neurontin mo te aho o te akiri whakamahingaI roto i te whakaaetanga pānuitia e te kāwanatanga prosecutors tāite, Pfizer kōwae Warner-Lambert uru e te reira fefeka hokohoko i te haurangi tarukino e puremu tikanga mo auauhia ngā āhuatanga, tae atu i te whakararuraru, pourua, te mamae, pāhoahoa migraine, me te tarukino me te waipiro withdrawal.

He kamupene whistle-pupuhi, ko tona civil hāngai kipaina kāwanatanga i ngā tūhuratanga o te Neurontin o te pakanga hokohoko, ka riro ia e pā ana ki te tara.

ono miriona i roto i te whakataunga i raro i te ture te tikanga e utu te tangata mō te āwhina ki te whakaora i te moni te kāwanatanga i whiwhi e te tinihanga. I te whakataunga i ngā tāra miriona ki te utu hoki i te moni e pau i runga i Neurontin e te federal Medicare hōtaka, me te rima tekau state Medicaid hōtaka mo te rawakore. I tua atu, Pfizer, ka utu i te tara miriona taihara pai, i te tuarua-nui o taua pai ake whakaritea i roto i te tiaki hauora tinihanga hāmene, i te Tari o te Whakawa, ka mea. Ka mea Warner-Lambert tahuri Neurontin ki te angitū tarukino ki te tātai rite te aufauraa i te tākuta ki te whakarongo ki te inoihia mō te akiri te whakamahi, me te rongoā ratou ki te papai haerenga ki Hawaii, Florida ranei te I te tau Olympics i roto i te Atlanta. Ko tētahi tākuta riro tata tara, ki tout Neurontin i te mau amuiraa. 'I tenei ture me tinihanga whakatairanga kaupapa kua kino te mōhiohio tukanga okioki i runga i te tākuta i roto i to ratou hauora te whakatau i ngā whakaritenga, i reira te maka ana tūroro i te mōrearea, ka mea US Attorney Michael Sullivan, rangatira kaiwhiu mō te federal rohe e hāngai ana i roto i te Boston. Tākuta, he noa ki te whakahau i te raau taero no te whakamahi e kore e whakaritea i runga i to ratou FDA whakaaetia - tapanga, engari te FDA e riria tarukino kamupene i te whakatairanga i ia ratou mo te hunga off-label whakamahinga. Ka mea Neurontin o te kaihanga faaoti e kore e ki te rapu i te whänui FDA tapanga mo te raau taero, te utu i te tukanga tono totoka tohu i te mau tamataraa haumanu. Hei utu, te kamupene i te putanga hoko i roto i te kaitaua te whakatairanga i ngā rautaki, ara, no te rangahau pūtaiao i whakaaturia e ko te reira e kore e whai hua, i te Tari Ture, ka mea. Te tātai whakaurua te whakatō kamupene operatives i roto i te minenga i te hauora, te mātauranga, ngā kaupapa ki te faahapa i te kino kōrero e pā ana ki te Neurontin, me te aufauraa i te tākuta ki te tukua hoko māngai ki te noho i roto i te i runga i te manawanui ki te toronga, ka mea.

Ngā tikanga pērā i te tuatahi whakakitea e te whistle-pupuhi, a Rawiri, Franklin, te mua hauora takawaenga mō te Warner-Lambert nei rēhitatia te hāngai i runga i te mo o te kāwanatanga.

I te tahi tata, kia rite ki te nui rite ki te ōrau o Neurontin prescriptions i hoki atu-tapanga whakamahia i roto i te pakanga hokohoko e prosecutors mea rā hoki ki te pā ana ki te tau. e rima miriona i roto i te tau ki te tata tara. I roto i te tuhituhi tauākī, Pfizer mea i te ture ngā mahi ka mau wahi i mua i te Pfizer riro Warner-Lambert i roto i te.

'Nei Pfizer, kua mahi ngātahi ngā tino ki te kāwanatanga ki te whakatau i tenei mea, kihai nei i whai wāhi Pfizer mahi me ngā kaimahi, ko te kamupene mea.

'Pfizer ana ki te tautukunga ki te tiaki hauora katoa te ture, me te FDA i ngā whakaritenga, me ki te nui ngā paerewa matatika. I raro i te whakataunga ki te prosecutors, Pfizer whakaae ki te te urunga tona rangatōpū tautukunga hōtaka ki te mehua ki te tiaki me te ki te ārai atu-tapanga hokohoko. Te kawenata, e titau hoki te u ki te utu i te tara e toru tekau ma waru miriona i roto i te civil whiu mo te kino i meinga ki te kiritaki i roto i te rima tekau o amerika me te Rohe o Columbia. Wāhanga o taua nui, ka te aufauraa i te mātauranga pakanga ki te kaupare i te teka kōrero e pā ana ki Neurontin. Te whakataunga e kore e taupoki ana i te tukinotanga mo tetahi tūroro te hunga e ai kua sickened e Neurontin, ka mea Tom Dresslar, he waha kōrero mō te California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Te hunga ka taea e tūroro kōnae whaiaro-whara whakawa, ka mea ia. Lockyer mea California o te faaite o te whakataunga katoa e pā ana ki te tara i te tekau ma rima miriona, e tara. e rima miriona e whakamahia ana ki te pau, i te state Medical hōtaka mō te faufaa Neurontin prescriptions.

Ko te California me te hoki neke atu i te tara i te whitu miriona ki te kāwanatanga e hānga ana, i hipokina e pā ana ki te hawhe te utu o te kāwanatanga Medicaid hōtaka.

Dresslar mea Lockyer o office ka haere tonu ki te tirotiro i te hokohoko tarukino hoki taunakitanga o te atu-tapanga whakatairanga. 'E kore matou e haere koe ki te kia tarukino kamupene pai i te tino hanga i te poaka guinea i roto i te rawakore, paari, me te tahi atu tūroro, ranei e defrauding te whakatü i te manahautü, ka mea ia. Te Pfizer whakataunga mai te rite ki te kāwanatanga o te tirohanga o te atu-tapanga whakatairanga ko te aano, me te rite public health insurance hōtaka rite ki te pai kia rite tūmataiti hauora mahere te titiro mō ngā huarahi ki te mahi ki te utu aranga o te raau taero whakahaunga. Pfizer anga te motuhake te kāwanatanga te take i roto i California ki te whakahoki mai i te moni i utua mō atu-tapanga Neurontin i ngā tūroro takitahi, me te tūmataiti hauora mahere.

Hoki te reira i te mata kāwanatanga i ngā tūhuratanga o te hokohoko atu o te raau taero i te reira i whiwhi a, no te hokona i te reira te tahi atu kamupene tarukino.

Pfizer whäkina marama e rua i mua i roto i te ture take e te Tari Ture, he tirotiro i te hokohoko o te Genotropin taiki, me te Bextra inumia, te raau taero e rua i te kamupene tāpiri atu ki tona kōpaki ka hokona e Pharmacia Corp. whakamutunga tau Pfizer, me te tatini atu kamupene tarukino kei te hoki te whakapanga i roto i te whakawa i te Pennsylvania Rōia Tianara Jerry Pappert o te pamû i te tarukino utu ki te utu hokohoko. Pfizer hoki whākina i te marama o Maehe e te federal grand tekau i roto i te Maryland kua rapua iteraa papû i mua Warner-Lambert kaimahi e pā ana ki te mate huka tarukino Rezulin, e unuhia atu i te U. mākete i roto i te Maehe o te tau i muri i te reira ko e hono ana ki i te iti rawa ate-e pā ana mate.