Law360, New York (June 10, 2011, 1:53 PM ET) -- A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday upheld sanctions against Pfizer Inc. for a witness testimony violation in a class action that accuses the pharmaceutical giant of using patent litigation to delay generic competition for epilepsy drug Neurontin.
U.S. District Judge Faith S. Hochberg rejected Pfizer and its subsidiary Warner-Lambert Co.'s appeal of the sanctions and affirmed the order handed down in January by Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz sanctioning the companies for twice failing to produce a witness sufficiently prepared to testify about their off-label use...
Pfizer Sanctions Affirmed In Neurontin Antitrust MDL
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