Texas sues drug company to recover millions
December 17, 2008
A drug company supplied phony advocacy groups, trumped-up scientific claims and used Texas mental health officials as pitchmen so a top-dollar schizophrenia drug would get on the state’s Medicaid list, a lawsuit filed by Texas officials alleges.
According to documents filed Friday in a district court in Travis County, the state wants to recover millions of dollars spent on the drug Risperdal through Medicaid. The lawsuit alleges New Jersey-based Janssen Pharmaceuticals, part of Johnson & Johnson, defrauded the state repeatedly over the past decade.
The lawsuit also alleges the improper influence-seeking and controversial medical protocols that determine which drugs are given to adults and children in state custody.
Doubts have been raised about the drug in recent studies, but the company denies doing anything improper and is fighting the suit. Kara Russell, a spokeswoman for the company, said Janssen is cooperating with the investigation, but that the allegations are untrue.
“We are committed to high ethical standards and responsible behavior,” she said in The Dallas Morning News’ Tuesday editions. “We take this obligation very seriously,”
Texas learned of the case from Pennsylvania whistle-blower Allen Jones.
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