Busy Week For Japanese Firm Otsuka: Justice Dept. Settlement For Off-Label Abilify Marketing And New Partnership With MethylGene
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Executive Summary
Abilify developer Otsuka Pharmaceutical settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over charges the company illegally marketed the atypical antipsychotic off-label for pediatric and elderly populations in the U.S. from 2002 through 2005
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