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$500,000 verdict reached in Risperdal case
2015-12-15 06:30:24| Biotech - Topix.net
A young man who developed enlarged breasts as a side effect of taking the antipsychotic Risperdal has been awarded $500,000 by a jury. Plaintiff Timonthy Stange says Janssen Pharmaceuticals failed to properly warn him and other consumers about side effects associated with the antipsychotic Risperdal .
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J&J ordered to pay $1.75 million in Risperdal male breast trial
2015-11-10 01:02:41| Food - Topix.net
A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.8 million to a Maryland man who developed female breasts while taking the company's Risperdal antipsychotic drug, the third verdict in thousands of lawsuits filed over the side effect. Johnson & Johnson officials failed to properly warn doctors and patients that Risperdal, used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, could spark abnormal male breast development, a state court jury in Philadelphia concluded Monday.
South Carolina court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $136 million in Risperdal case
2015-02-26 15:02:25| Biotech - Topix.net
South Carolina's Supreme Court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a penalty of $136 million, upholding a jury's finding that the drugmaker's Janssen unit had improperly marketed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal and concealed its risks. A trial court had earlier ordered J&J to pay $327 million, but the Supreme Court more than halved that penalty, citing a provision in South Carolina law that no action can be taken in such cases after three years of the discovery of unlawful conduct.
J&J wins Risperdal verdict cut, must pay South Carolina $136 million
2015-02-25 21:18:54| Food - Topix.net
South Carolina's highest court cut a $327 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson by more than half while refusing to throw out a jury's finding that it deceptively marketed the antipsychotic drug Risperdal as safer than competing medicines. In a 4-1 ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court cited a three- year limit on claims alleging Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit violated South Carolina's Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Arkansas court won't reconsider Risperdal case
2014-04-24 19:05:13| Biotech - Topix.net
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday declined to reconsider its decision that threw out a $1.2 billion judgment against a pharmaceutical company accused of improperly marketing an antipsychotic drug.
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