Law Practice
Dec. 24, 2008
Pfizer's Pain Just Got $38 Million Worse After Jury Verdict
A Santa Clara County jury on Monday found that Pfizer Inc. stole a non-profit biotech firm's trade secrets to conduct low-key clinical trials on the painkiller Bextra, and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $38 million in actual damages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer A Santa Clara County jury on Monday found that Pfizer Inc. stole a non-profit biotech firm's trade secrets to conduct low-key clinical trials on the painkiller Bextra, and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $38 million in actual damages. The award - which could balloon if the judge decides to add punitive damages - is just the latest trouble for Pfizer over the painkiller that it had to pull from...
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