Wyeth has been fined nearly $500 million for misleading and deceiving consumers
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Last Update: 2013-08-05
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Wyeth pharmaceuticals, a unit of Wyeth, now admits that a drug that claims to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting transplanted organs misleads and deceives consumers in the marketing process, the US Department of Justice announced Tuesday Wyeth agreed to pay a $490.9 million fine Wyeth pharmaceuticals, a unit of Wyeth, now admits that a drug that claims to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting transplanted organs misleads and deceives consumers in the marketing process, the Justice Department announced Tuesday, AFP reported Wyeth agreed to pay a $490.9 million fine The US Food and Drug Administration recently ruled that Wyeth pharmaceutical illegally marketed the prescription drug Rapamune through improper means, and some patients had safety threats or treatment effect was not obvious in the process of use According to other reports, Rapamune was approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration in 1991 for use in kidney transplant patients to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting transplanted organs Wyeth pharmaceutical, when promoting the drug, claimed that it could be used for non kidney transplant patients, with all transplant patients as the sales target Wyeth will pay nearly $500 million in fines to offset its criminal and civil liabilities.
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