Johnson & Johnson fined $1.1bn in latest Risperdal case

BBC News, 11 April 2012

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Drugs giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US judge to pay $1.1bn (£690m) for downplaying the risks involved in taking its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal.

The state of Arkansas sued J&J and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals over its marketing of the drug in 2007.

A number of US states have already found the firms guilty of similar charges and fined them accordingly.

Some of these verdicts and fines are currently under appeal.

In January, J&J agreed to pay $158m to settle allegations of illegal marketing of Risperdal in Texas.

Last year, a South Carolina judge ruled the company must pay a $327m penalty after a jury found it guilty of similar charges, while in 2010, a Louisiana jury found the company violated the state's Medicaid fraud act.

Medicaid is a government-backed US public heath programme for low-income citizens.

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