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E.Lilly to pay $62 mln to settle Zyprexa case -NYT

Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:07am EDT

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Oct 7 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) has agreed to pay $62 million to settle claims that it improperly marketed its blockbuster schizophrenia drug, Zyprexa, to patients who were not approved users, the New York Times said on its website.

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The settlement with 33 states, to be announced Tuesday, ends an 18-month investigation led by the offices of the attorneys-general of Illinois and Oregon, the paper said.

The paper said the agreement may portend a deal with Philadelphia, where Lilly is expected to pay more than $1 billion in fines and may also plead guilty to a misdemeanor criminal charge related to off-label marketing of Zyprexa.

Zyprexa is an anti-psychotic drug that calms hallucinations associated with schizophrenia and bipolar mania but internal Lilly documents and e-mail messages appear to show that the drug was marketed to patients with dementia and milder forms of bipolar disorder, the paper added.

A spokesman and a lawyer for Lilly did not return a call and an e-mail message for comment, the paper said.

The company could not be immediately reached for comment by Reuters. (Reporting by Savio D'Souza in Bangalore; Editing by Quentin Bryar)

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