{"id":512,"date":"2010-10-05T17:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T23:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2010-10-05T17:08:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T23:08:25","slug":"judge-approves-600-million-settlement-over-use-of-botox-to-treat-kids-with-cerebral-palsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/judge-approves-600-million-settlement-over-use-of-botox-to-treat-kids-with-cerebral-palsy.html","title":{"rendered":"Judge Approves $600 Million Settlement Over Use Of Botox To Treat Kids With Cerebral Palsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\u00a0A U.S. Ditrict Court judge Tuesday approved the drug maker Allergan’s guilty plea to misbranding Botox and to paying $600 million in fines stemming from that infraction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Judge Orinda Evans in Atlanta sentenced Allergan to pay $375 million as part of the guilty plea for the misleading marketing of Botox, while the drug maker also agreed\u00a0to fork over $225 million in civil fines.<\/p>\r\n

About a month ago Allergan announced that it had reached a settlement with authorities and was goig to plead\u00a0guilty of marketing Botox, the wrinkle-smoother, for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, such as cerebral palsy in children,\u00a0headaches and pain. These infractions\u00a0took place from 2000 to 2005.\u00a0Allergan also agreed to pay the $600 million fine as part of that deal.<\/p>\r\n

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Botox is widely used to erase lines on faces, but it is also approved for use on\u00a0neck spasms and underarm sweating, according to the Associated Press.\u00a0Last year Botox was\u00a0approved to treat\u00a0spasms in the wrists, fingers and elbows,\u00a0but doctors still also use it on children with cerebral palsy.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Allergan has said that it’s working with health officials to get Botox approved\u00a0for use with childen with\u00a0that disorder.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0A U.S. Ditrict Court judge Tuesday approved the drug maker Allergan’s guilty plea to misbranding Botox and to paying $600 million in fines stemming from that infraction.\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5gCEyQ9eA4fFGeudlfvUBZt2qjWiAD9ILPBG81?docId=D9ILPBG81 Judge Orinda Evans in Atlanta sentenced Allergan to pay $375 million as part of the guilty plea for the misleading marketing of Botox, while the drug maker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448,447,442,443,8,446],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-allergan-and-cerebral-palsy","tag-allergan-settlement","tag-botox-and-cerebral-palsy","tag-botox-and-cerebral-palsy-in-children","tag-cerebral-palsy","tag-fine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t