Lelia Palmore Winget-Hernandez's Legal Cases (3)

Consumer protection

In re Johnson & Johnson (Risperdal)

Nov 04, 2013

OUTCOME: $21 million settlement for the Commowealth of Virginia

Johnson & Johson allegedly defrauded taxpayers by marketing the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Jans ... sen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., also promoted that Risperdal be prescribed to children, the elderly, and those with mental disabilities despite warnings of significant health risks and despite no FDA approval for use in these patient populations and paid kickbacks to nursing homes for switching their patients to Risperdal.

Consumer protection

Commonwealth of Virginia v. McKesson Corporation

Oct 15, 2013

OUTCOME: $33 million settlement for the Commonwealth of Virginia

McKesson Corporation allegedly violated the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act by conspiring to inflate prices for more than 400 brand-named prescription drugs.

Consumer protection

United States ex rel. Pepper v. Novo Nordisk

Jun 10, 2011

OUTCOME: $1,725 million settlement for United States and several states including Virginia

As alleged in the civil settlement agreement, Novo Nordisk sales representatives in four states and the District of Columbia made payments to Rite Aid pharmacists in exchange for those pharmacists reco ... mmending the Novolin and Novolog products. The pharmacists, together with Novo Nordisk sales representatives in those states, identified patients who were candidates to use Novolin or Novolog and communicated with physicians, patients, or other pharmacists to encourage them to use or recommend the use of those drugs. As part of these activities, the pharmacists accessed, or allowed Novo Nordisk representatives to access, confidential patient information, which was used for the purpose of conducting marketing events that were designed to switch patients from competitor diabetes drugs to Novolin or Novolog.

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