Indianapolis -- Indianapolis-based drug giant Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday it settled 900 more product liability claims against its top-selling drug Zyprexa.
Four of the claims were scheduled to go to trial in July, The Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday. Thousands of patients sued Lilly, claiming the pharmaceutical firm hid risks of weight gain and diabetes associated with Zyprexa.
Under terms of the settlement, Lilly did not disclose the amount of the settlements, and did not admit any wrongdoing.
"While we continue to believe we would have prevailed had we gone to trial, resolving these claims will help Lilly return its focus to addressing unmet medical needs for patients and physicians," Michael J. Harrington, Lilly's deputy general counsel, said in a statement.
About 750 claims remain unsettled. The company also faces lawsuits from several states -- among them Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah and West Virginia -- seeking to recoup Medicaid money spent caring for Zyprexa patients.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International.
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Don't shoot the messenger sue for peace!
Notice-however one tries to assign guilt the fact is that in my typical town of doctors have stopped prescribing zyprexa except as a PRN for acute cases.
This is because of all the bad PR associated with the product the patients reject it too, when they or their family log on and read pages like this one.In my case I have a website and over 10,000 pages up exposing zyprexa.
I took it for 4 years 1996-2000 (before the black box warning) at $250 a month co-pay.I got a shocking BG (blood sugar) of 500 in 2000.My doctors say it WAS the zyprexa that caused it.I have NO diabetes in my family.
Moreover,I was given it off-label for PTSD.
I appreciate that Lilly apologist are concerned about the vitality of your company,but it is Lilly that is bragging about a $1.2 billion dollar settlement and then stonewall true victims like me.
Daniel Haszard www.zyprexa-victims.com
(Don't shoot the messenger blame Lilly lawyers.)
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