Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 2012PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
I. Introduction
This appeal involves a civil suit by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against the manufacturer of a drug, Risperdal, the cost of which is reimbursed through several Commonwealth agencies. The Commonwealth’s theory of recovery at trial was that the drug manufacturer, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen), fraudulently withheld information regarding the safety and efficacy of the drug, thereby misleading those paying for the drug into believing it had a high intrinsic value that justified its price premium over generic alternative drugs. The…
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