Eli Lilly, maker of the drug Zyprexa, is considering paying a $1 billion settlement in a civil and criminal investigation, The New York Times reported Thursday. State and federal officials accuse Lilly of inappropriately encouraging doctors to use Zyprexa, a powerful antipsychotic, for the treatment of age-related dementia and mild bipolar disorder.
This follows on the big article in the Wall Street Journal on overuse of anti-psycotics with the elderly as a means of controlling anxiety and agression.
John E. Temple, Jr.
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