- Joe Saunders | November 06, 2011 12:00 PM | Pinellas, FL
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Medical Devices & Implants
Pharmaceutical drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 Billion to settle for civil and criminal illegal marketing schemes that were the subject of a U.S. Government investigation. The...
- Brenda Fulmer | October 24, 2011 1:02 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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Defective & Dangerous Products
For Pfizer, apparently, quite a few.
As a parent, if we I am not able to quickly redirect inappropriate behavior from my child, I have learned to choose other methods.
With the pharmaceutical...
- John Hopkins | November 23, 2009 4:27 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Cases involving lawsuits against Wyeth (a division of Pfizer) are going to trial and juries are being permitted to hear all the evidence against Wyeth. The evidence is clear: Wyeth acted in a way...
- John Hopkins | November 23, 2009 9:53 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
They weighed profits against safety and profits won out. Women across the country lost and were forced to suffer with breast cancer. That is the conduct attached to Wyeth for their handling of...
- Brenda Fulmer | October 15, 2009 9:17 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Pfizer’s $68 billion merger with Wyeth should be completed on October 15, 2009, following recent approval by the Federal Trade Commission. The merger was approved by the European Union in July...
- Alyssa DiEdwardo | September 30, 2009 12:38 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
On the heels of the largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in history why is it that so many of us are still so eager to blindly believe ads and product promises? We believe because we want the...
- Don Greiwe | September 21, 2009 9:42 AM | Pinellas, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Earlier this month, drug giant Pfizer agreed to pay a $2.3 billion penalty to settle claims over payment of kickbacks and illegal drug marketing and promotion that violated federal drug laws...
- John Hopkins | September 03, 2009 10:59 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
A responsible FDA has brought a drug manufacturer to justice. The FDA has settled with Pfizer over its off label and deceptive marketing of the drug Bextra; $2.3 billion in fines and penalties....
- C. Todd Alley | July 21, 2009 12:00 PM | Pinellas, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Chantix has become the leading prescription to help smokers kick the habit. Pfizer, Manufacturer of Chantix, has reported skyrocketing sales since its introduction in 2006. Sales totaled $101...
- Armand Rossetti | November 16, 2008 3:43 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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Defective & Dangerous Products
In May 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s Chantix (varenicline tartrate), a smoking cessation drug. Reportedly under priority review, the FDA had cut the usual...