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Attorney General Stumbo Announces Settlement With Manufacturer of Loprox for Illegal Off-Label Marketing of Diaper Rash Medication
December 13, 2007
Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that the Kentucky Medicaid Program will receive an $181,084.21 settlement from Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation Medicis, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, has agreed to pay more than $9.8 million to settle federal civil litigation arising out of its illegal promotion of the topical skin preparation, Loprox, for use on children under the age of 10, without approval by the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Full Press Release
