COMPANY PAID DOCTORS TO PROMOTE DRUG

June 11, 2003

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" Documents released yesterday in the case of a drug company

whistle-blower shed light on how extensively doctors were involved

in promoting unapproved uses of a Warner-Lambert drug, Neurontin.

Warner-Lambert paid dozens of doctors tens of thousands of dollars

each to speak to other physicians about how Neurontin, an epilepsy

drug, could be prescribed for more than a dozen other medical uses

that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The top speaker for Neurontin, Dr. B. J. Wilder, a former professor of

neurology at the University of Florida, received more than $300,000

for speeches given from 1994 to 1997, according to a court filing.

Six other doctors, including some from top medical schools,

received more than $100,000 each. "

SOURCE: New York Times, May 30, 2003

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