J%J Pushed Risperdal With Golf, Popcorn, Witness Says
J%J Pushed Risperdal With Golf, Popcorn, Witness Says
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That verdict came three months after J&J decided to end a trial in Texas over the drug's sales with a $ 158 million settlement. The Texas case included claims that the company marketed the drug for children while lacking approval by regulators for such use.
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Texas man gets life in prison for drug convictions
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LAFAYETTE, La. — A Texas man has been sentenced in Lafayette to life in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation. A federal jury … However, we reserve the right to delete inappropriate comments or ban users who can't play nice. (See our …
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Fiona Apple arrested for hashish in West Texas
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EL PASO, Texas — Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple was arrested for hashish possession at a West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint after a drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in her tour bus. Hudspeth County sheriff's office spokesman Rusty Fleming told the …
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Federal agents in Texas break up Mexico migrant smuggling ring
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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Twenty people were indicted in connection with an immigrant smuggling ring led by the Zetas drug cartel that moved several hundred people a month from Mexico to Texas, federal officials said on Tuesday. Sixteen of the 20 …
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J%J Pushed Risperdal With Golf, Popcorn, Witness Says
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) promoted illegal marketing of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal by paying physicians to give favorable speeches, subsidizing golf trips and even having sales staff “butter up doctors” with bags of “Risperdal Popcorn,” a former company manager testified. … Read News