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Indiana to get $1.1 million in Pfizer settlement
Updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 10:14 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 10:13 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana will receive $1.1 million in a settlement with Pfizer Inc. over its marketing of the drugs Zyvox and Lyrica.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Wednesday that the $1.1 million is Indiana's share of a $42.9 million settlement Pfizer reached to resolve allegations that the company unlawfully promoted those drugs.
Thirty-two states and the 32 states and the District of Columbia claimed that Pfizer used deceptive practices in marketing Zyvox, an antibacterial agent, and promoted off-label uses for Lyrica, which is used to treat fibromyalgia.
Under the settlement, Pfizer is not admitting wrongdoing but says it will reform how it markets the drugs.
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