RETIN-A DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION OCCURRED UNDER ORTHO DERM DIVISION FORMER CHIEF, GRAND JURY INDICTMENT ALLEGES: ORTHO FINED $7.5 MIL. FOR OBSTRUCTION
Executive Summary
Former Ortho Pharmaceuticals' Dermatological Division President Lester Riley is charged with causing the destruction of documents relating to Retin-A photoaging promotions in a Jan. 6 indictment on four counts of conspiring to defraud FDA. Attorneys for Riley deny the government charges and maintain that the former Ortho exec has "been abandoned" during the government's investigation of Retin-A promotions.