Bextra Settlement Coming Soon: Industry Should Brace for Impact
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Record setting $2.3 billion payment is afterthought in context of Pfizer/Wyeth merger, but the Bextra and recent Zyprexa settlement will have far-reaching implications. In economic terms, the first two cases of 2009 exceed the total recoveries of the last 13 pharma marketing settlements. But the big impact may be political: the cases involve a volatile mix of marketing abuses and drug safety