Drug Company Hid Bad Studies
The Alabama Product Injury Lawyer Blog posted an article, originally from Bloomberg.com, about the drug manufacturer AstraZeneca. Craig P. Niedenthal says that the company, which manufactures the medication Seroquel (an anti-psychotic drug), has agreed to make documents available to the public which discuss unfavorable results from the drug during the clinical testing period.
Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk, writers of the article, cite that more than 150,00 people have sued AstraZeneca for withholding "information of a connection between diabetes and Seroquel use from doctors and patients. Many of the lawsuits also claim AstraZeneca promoted Seroquel, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, for unapproved uses."
AstraZeneca, prompted by the same court hearing, also agreed to include a warning on the label that will inform the consumer of the link between diabetes and this medication.
