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Health Care & Hospital Law

Nov. 5, 2011

Drugmakers rely on First Amendment

GlaxoSmithKline PLC will spend $3 billion to resolve a federal investigation into off-label drug marketing and other alleged fraud, but other pharmaceutical companies and individuals are fighting off-label cases with the First Amendment.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


While GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced Thursday that it will spend $3 billion to resolve an investigation into off-label drug marketing and other alleged fraud, other pharmaceutical companies and individuals are using their money to fight off-label cases with the First Amendment.


In the ongoing appeal of his conviction for wire fraud related to off-label marketing, Los Angeles-based lawyers for W. Scott...

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