Seroquel On Trial For Pharmaceutical Liability
Lawyers working on lawsuits against AstraZeneca PLC, a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company, say they have proof that showing executives at the drug maker company discussing how to promote the antipsychotic drug Seroquel for unapproved uses in children and the elderly.
With drug companies marketing a large amount of new pharmaceuticals in order to make a profit, thorough inspection of all drugs could take a back seat leading to a rise in pharmaceutical liability and personal injury.
Our firm’s San Diego personal injury attorneys believe that drug companies who administer medicine to the public without a thorough inspection of the potential harms should do more to prevent products from being made that cause personal injury.
Pharmaceutical liability has been known to cause many personal injuries during medical treatment, emotional trauma, pain and suffering, and in some cases, wrongful death. While licensed doctors are free to prescribe FDA-approved medications in any way they see fit, drug makers aren’t allowed to promote them for unapproved uses.
Seroquel, which generated $800 million in U.S. sales in the first quarter this year, was first approved in the U.S. in 1997 for treating symptoms of psychotic disorders. In 2001, it was used as a schizophrenia treatment. The FDA extended its use to treating bipolar mania in 2006 to treating bipolar disorder.
Seroquel has not been approved for children or adolescents. The plaintiff’s lawyers say AstraZeneca was marketing it to others in order for the drug to grow faster and to gain a favorable profit over their rivals.
Our personal injury attorneys in San Diego want everyone to feel safe in the products they use and avoid pain and suffering due to the failure to research the potential harmful effects of a product by a pharmaceutical company.
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