DRUG giant GlaxoSmithKline is being sued in the US for “repeated and persistent fraud”. Last week, New York state attorney-general Eliot Spitzer filed a civil lawsuit alleging the company suppressed research findings that indicate its antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil or Seroxat) is not only ineffective in adolescents and children but also increases the risk of suicide.
The lawsuit alleges that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) knew in 1998 that paroxetine was ineffective and unsafe for under-18s but did not inform doctors and its own drug reps. Of five company trials of the drug in under-18s, only one was ever published. One study found that…
