Maine wins $1.2M in drug settlement

Maine is one of 44 states that reached a $100 million settlement with drug-maker Abbott Laboratories over its alleged off-label marketing of a seizure drug. Maine will receive $1.2 million.
In a statement released yesterday, Maine Attorney General William Schneider said the settlement is the largest consumer protection-based pharmaceutical settlement ever reached. Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories allegedly marketed its Depakote drug for off-lab ...