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Work by lab could have tainted 1,100 inmates' cases

Tainted Lab Results

Faced with the daunting task of evaluating more than 34,000 drug cases handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of misconduct, prosecutors and defense attorneys are starting with 1,140 cases of people who are already serving prison sentences based on potentially tainted evidence.

 

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $750 million in pill case

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $750 million in pill case

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts say pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline will pay $750 million to settle allegations that it knowingly manufactured and sold adulterated drugs at its plant in Puerto Rico, including the popular antidepressant Paxil.

 

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