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Two J&J Subsidiaries Agree to Settle on Epilepsy Drug

Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:33 PM EDT

The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax.

The department says Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC will plead guilty to promoting the sale of Topamax for psychiatric uses. Federal drug regulators approved it as an anti-epileptic drug.

The government says Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals will pay over $75 million for alleged illegal promotion of Topamax for a variety of psychiatric uses.

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The Justice Department says two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million stemming from allegedly illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax.The department says Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC will plead guilty to...
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2010-33-29
Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:33 PM
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