Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15121

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Publication type: news

U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suits Against J&J
The Wall Street Journal 2009 Feb 20
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123507901268226443.html

Abstract:

The U.S. Justice Department is joining two whistleblower lawsuits alleging that Johnson & Johnson marketed its cardiac drug Natrecor for a use that isn’t approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Prosecutors allege that the off-label marketing of Natrecor caused “false and fraudulent claims” to be submitted to federal health-care programs, which could have led to “damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars,” according …