Topic: Seroquel

Drug Given to Sleepless Vets Probed

Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant ...
Traumatized vets take potent drug to help them sleep, but questions loom about potential risksAndrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tri
AARP is out with its annual report on the cost of medications, and it's more of the same: bad news if you're a consumer, but good news if you're...

AstraZeneca to settle suits for $198m

AstraZeneca PLC said yesterday that it has reached agreements to pay $198 million to settle a little more than half of the US lawsuits that allege...
AstraZeneca pays $198 million to settle US lawsuits over antipsychotic drugAstraZeneca PLC says it has paid around $198 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its antipsychotic drug Seroquel.AstraZeneca said Monday it has paid out to around 17,500 claimants

Drugging Kids for Profit

If elderly people with dementia are so vulnerable to the risks posed by antipsychotics, why are so many nursing-home residents regularly prescribed...
AstraZeneca 1st quarter profit up 29 percent but says 2nd half of year will be tougherAnglo-Swiss pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC on Thursday reported that first-quarter profit rose by 29 percent, but cautioned that comparisons will be tougher in t
<div id="subtitle">AG Holder says drug maker AstraZeneca will pay $520 millionThe federal government on Tuesday reached a $520 million settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, resolving allegations of illegal marketing of the company

AstraZeneca to pay $520 million US fine

European pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca agreed to pay a 520 million dollar fine to settle allegations it illegally marketed an anti-psychotic drug for unapproved uses, officials said Tuesday.The Anglo-Swedish firm's US division agreed to the fine for mar
Bristish drug maker AstraZeneca Plc is going to pay $520 million to settle government charges that it illegally promoted its blockbuster...