Takeda executives were accused of ignoring or down-playing worries about the drug's cancer links before it was sold in the US; they also mislead health regulators about the risks.
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Former users accused Takeda executives of ignoring or playing down worries about the drug’s cancer links before it went on sale in the US, and then misleading US health regulators about the risks.
Last year a federal jury in Louisiana ordered Takeda and US-based Eli Lilly & Co. to pay a combined $9.0 billion in damages to a patient who accused Actos had caused his bladder cancer. This payout was later cut to $36.8 million. Eli Lilly was Takeda’s US marketing and sales partner until 2006.
Source-Medindia