http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2009/10/astrazeneca-to-pay-520-million-to.html

The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Thursday (29/Oct/09) that it had reached a $520 million agreement to settle two federal investigations and two whistle-blower lawsuits over the sale and marketing of its blockbuster psychiatric drug Seroquel.

One of the investigations related to “selected physicians who participated in clinical trials involving Seroquel,” AstraZeneca disclosed in a government filing. The other case related to off-label promotion of the drug.

H. Waxman’s letter:

http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20070305175741-03469.pdf

The Zoladex issue:

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_371.htm

Question 2

What do AZ think Corporate Integrity Agreements are?

http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/cia/agreements/AstraZeneca06042003.PDF

This might help.

http://peterrost.blogspot.com/2007/04/secret-astrazeneca-audio-tapes.html

http://peterrost.blogspot.com/2007/04/open-letter-to-oig-from-astrazeneca.html

Question 3

Is Dr Michael Reinstein one of the Seroquel investigators under investigation by the DoJ?

http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2009/11/dr-michael-reinstein-clozaril-king-is.html

question 4:

Was Geoff Birkett the “man behind the curtain” in the Seroquel Scandal?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-drugs-seroquel-reinsteinnov11,0,6067737.story

Last question, for now:

http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2009/11/astrazeneca-seroquel-fao-marketing-and.html

Thanks for your note and for the sharp eye. You are correct and we have made the fix. Much appreciated.

Ed

Is that supposed to be billions; not millions?

80 to 140 million appears like chump change after all for these Giants; especially considered the fines they are paying for all their dirty little deeds are in the hundreds of millions; not to even mention the billions in profit they are raking in at the present time.