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J&J Agrees to Pay $85 Million for Natrecor Misbranding


This is a settlement for the Whistleblower lawsuit.

Washington, DC: Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Scios, has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a criminal misdemeanour charge of misbranding its drug Natrecor, used to treat heart failure.

The charges stemmed from a Justice Department probe into allegations brought by a whistleblower that Scios was promoting Natrecor for off-label use as a routine, outpatient infusion, when it is only FDA approved for use to treat congestive heart failure patients in hospitals and emergency rooms. The settlement doesn't exempt Scios or J&J from separate civil claims in a pending False Claims Act suit.

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Published on Oct-11-11


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