{"id":632,"date":"2012-05-07T19:41:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=632"},"modified":"2012-05-07T19:41:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:41:38","slug":"drug-misbranding-leads-to-1-5b-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/drug-misbranding-leads-to-1-5b-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug misbranding leads to $1.5B fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_topstories\/~3\/Y3hA1enjIOI\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drug misbranding leads to $1.5B fine<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company&amp;apos;s unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/C41S2M2i93P\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug misbranding leads to $1.5B fine Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company&amp;apos;s unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. 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