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Takeda and Lilly Cooperate with Actos Investigation
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- Publication：2011/2/24
The Attorney General of Texas, US, has requested documents relating to a recall of the diabetes drug Actos from pharmaceutical companies Takeda and Eli Lilly as part of an ongoing investigation into deadly side-affects including heart-failure and cancer.
US-based Lilly received a civil investigative demand in December, seeking the “production of a wide range of documents and information related to Actos”.
Japan-based Takeda confirmed that they had received a similar request, and both companies are cooperating with the investigation.
Lilly and Takeda co-promoted the drug in the US from its introduction in 1999 until 2006, when Lilly's marketing rights expired. Takeda has marketed the drug in the US since.
SOURCE:Pharmaceutical-technology