VIA PharmaGossip, AstraZeneca Settlement Expected to Yield payouts to consumers
VIA LAW.com:
AstraZeneca Settlement Expected to Yield High Payouts to Consumers
Agreement to pay $103 million in average wholesale price litigation includes innovative clause
In a statement, AstraZeneca spokesman Tony Jewell said the company "has competed responsibly with respect to pricing and marketing of our medicines, and we firmly believe that we have acted at all times in accordance with the law."
"Although we deny liability and any wrongdoing, we believe that this settlement is the appropriate way to resolve this matter quickly and allow the company to focus on our core mission to deliver meaningful medicines to patients," stated Jewell."
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Tony Jewell is the PR guy for AstraZeneca, makers of the blockbuster drug Seroquel. The antipsychotic re-marketed by AstraZeneca for patent extension and profit gains as an antidepressant.
AstraZeneca's Website promotes educating the public on bipolar depression
This is how patients can be duped into believing a certain drug fits their need, while being DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY SELLING THE DRUG.
ASTRAZENECA TRAVELING PATIENT HEALTH EXHIBIT CONTINUES TO HELP AMERICANS UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE BIPOLAR DEPRESSION:
From AstraZeneca's campaign DTC site:
"The Bipolar Journey exhibit’s consumer-focused activities provide insight and clarity into the life of someone living with bipolar depression, inspiring patients and caregivers to start talking with a physician about managing the illness.”
In its second run, the Bipolar Journey will continue to feature much of the same imagery, multimedia activities, and interactive tools that helped patients last year connect with experts as well as other patients and caregivers who have dealt with the impact of bipolar depression in their own lives. For example, visitors will be able to interact with a popular educational tool, which allows users to select questions of interest and hear video responses from Dr. Taylor. An “inspiration wall” will allow visitors to view inspirational messages from people who visited the exhibit last year."
"About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business with a primary focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines. As a leader in gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation, oncology and infectious disease medicines, AstraZeneca generated global revenues of $32.8 billion in 2009. In the United States, AstraZeneca is a $14.8 billion healthcare business."
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Now, you tell me if you want to be educated by a pharmaceutical company regarding a psychiatric 'illness' (bipolar depression) and wonder why they are promoting this so-called education.
Because, they want you to ask your doctor for Seroquel or Seroquel XR for your bipolar depression. The drug Seroquel that is in current litigation with over 25,000 injury lawsuits due to people becoming diabetic on the drug...information AstraZeneca KNEW could happen, according to internal documents from the trial....and yet they marketed the drug anyway.
AstraZeneca just this past May was fined $520 million dollars by the DOJ (U.S. Department of Justice) for illegal marketing of Seroquel. AstraZeneca was the unfortunate recipient of Whistleblower James Wetta, as well as a few others including a psychiatrist.
If you see this traveling exhibit, be sure to remember who is "teaching you" about bipolar depression.
A $32 billion dollar pharmaceutical company.
NO THANK YOU.
Propaganda brought to you by the makers of Seroquel *if the video doesn't play here go to the AZ site and watch it. AZ tries to tell you that 8 million people *could* have bipolar
Does AstraZeneca care about your health? or their profit? you decide.
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