Comments on: Schering-Plough Loses Pricing Lawsuit In Missouri

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:02:44 +0000

The punitive damages verdict was $100,000,000.00 according to a juror who wrote a letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

By: Condor

Condor — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:24:02 +0000

So much for having the courage of its convictions, eh?

No State AG in any of the other 25 or so states ought to settle for under seven times actual damages, now — it is the largest pharma price fraud settlement in the history of Mizzou!

Ouch.

By: Former SP

Former SP — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:22:17 +0000

Improper behavior by Schering-Plough? Shocking! NOT! Just more of the same.

By: Dan A.

Dan A. — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:58:28 +0000

As a Missourian, I am suprised that this occured. The state leans to the right, and the governor, some years ago, deprived nearly 100,000 medicaid patients of needed medical care in order to build additional sports stadiums in the state. The governor of my state also created a special gifting room for pharma lobbyists at the capital. It’s nauseating and pathetic.

By: Condor

Condor — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:10:50 +0000

CafePharma showed an anonymous post earlier today on this — but thus far I have been unable to confirm the amount of the jury verdict:

http://www.cafepharma.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2632726&postcount=1

The CafePharma poster puts the verdict for fraud at $7 million — but the penalty phase is still being deliberated — and might thus be a much larger multiple of this $7 million number. We’ll see.

Perhaps not entirely-coincidentally, Schering has reportedly now blocked all work computer based internet access to CafePharma’s website. Classy. Loosk like the same anonymous source as the verdit, too.

I’ll link both, now on mine — thanks, Ed!