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Litigation

Nov. 6, 2013

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary settles drug marketing case

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Scios Inc., based in Fremont, resolved claims that it marketed a heart failure drug for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and agreed to pay $184 million to the federal government.

By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Scios Inc., based in Fremont, resolved claims that it marketed a heart failure drug for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and agreed to pay $184 million to the federal government. The announcement Monday came as part of a larger $2.2 billion settlement between Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries and the Justice Department for the practice known as off-label marketing.<...

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