Three tobacco companies—ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc., and Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd.—have received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over "additive-free" and/or "natural" claims on their cigarette labels. ITG Brands LLC makes Winston cigarettes, labeled additive-free; Santa … [Read more...]
FDA Takes Action Against Three Tobacco Companies over “Additive-Free” and “Natural” Marketing Claims
Amgen Agrees to $71 Million Settlement in Allegations of Unlawful Promotion of Aranesp
Amgen Inc. has agreed to a $71 million settlement with 48 state attorneys general who accused the drug maker of unlawfully marketing its anemia drug Aranesp and plaque psoriasis drug Enbrel, for uses beyond the scope of their Food and Drug Administration's approvals. The Thousand Oaks, California-based drug maker agreed to a consent … [Read more...]
Device Makers Push Product Guarantees Due to Slow Sales, but How Patients will Benefit is Unclear
Medical device manufacturers are trying to boost their sales by making bigger product guarantees, Reuters reports. Companies are offering more compensation to hospitals if their devices do not perform properly. According to Reuters, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson and St. Jude Medical are among the first to beef up product … [Read more...]
Doctor Urges FDA not to Loosen Restrictions on Drug Company Marketing
A Harvard medical professor has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against easing the restrictions on drug companies marketing their drugs for uses for which they have not been approved—so-called off-label use. During the summer of 2015 the FDA will hold a public meeting to discuss whether restrictions on what claims drug … [Read more...]
Abbott on Depakote Marketing Settlement
Abbott Set Aside %1.5M To Depakote Marketing Settlement. The maker of Depakote has set aside $1.5 million to settle charges it illegally promoted off-label, or unapproved uses, of the anti-seizure drug. The potential settlement of a U.S Department of Justice investigation was reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal, which said … [Read more...]
J&J Warned Over Marketing of Two Devices
Illegally marketing two products. In the newest string of debacles surrounding drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J), it just received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating it is illegally marketing two products, wrote Daily Finance. We’ve previously written that J&J is expecting more … [Read more...]
Illegal Neurontin Marketing to Cost Pfizer $142.1M
Pfizer Marketing Illegal Neurontin. Pfizer Inc. has been ordered to pay $142.1 million in damages for violating a federal antiracketeering law in its marketing of the epilepsy drug, Neurontin. Plaintiffs Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals had accused Pfizer of promoting ‘Neurontin’ for uses not … [Read more...]
