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Whistleblower Charges Warner-Lambert with Deceptive Practices:
by NGO-oxy-moron Saturday, May. 15, 2004 at 7:05 PM

"Mammon's Gangsters Caught Doing What They Do Best...Committing Felonies and than, Lying About Them."

The suit charges that Parke-Davis engaged in elaborate inducement schemes to persuade doctors to promote the off-label use of one of its best selling drugs, gabapentin (Neurontin), an anti-epileptic drug approved as adjunctive treatment for partial seizures. It also says the company ran ghost writing schemes, in which it paid specialists to "author" articles that were actually written by technical writers hired by the company
[GOOGLE Keywords] = "NEURONTIN SUICIDE"
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7390/620
http://nj.gov/lps/newsreleases04/pr20040513b.html

bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7390/620

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