Abbott Labs Fined $1.6 Billion for Sedating Dementia Patients with Depakote

WASHINGTON, DC –  In the second largest payment ever enforced involving off-label misuse of a single drug, the U.S. Justice Department  reached a $1.6 billion settlement with Abbott Laboratories over its illegal marketing of antiepileptic medication Depakote to pediatric and geriatric patients. The settlement was reached between Abbott and the Justice Department, along with private […]