Business Briefing | Legal News: Glaxo to Pay $45 Million to State Over Drug Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay Louisiana $45 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of improperly marketing the diabetes drug Avandia and other drugs.

    

Diabetes Drug Maker Suspends Deal With Deen

The pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has altered its ties with the celebrity chef Paula Deen, the public face of Victoza, its diabetes medication.

    

Pfizer Begins Selling Viagra Online

The drug maker is now selling its billion-dollar erectile dysfunction drug, among the world’s most counterfeited, directly to men with a doctor’s prescription.

    

Advertising: An MS Drug Takes a Feisty Approach Aimed at Younger Patients

A campaign for the drug maker Novartis uses the slogan “Hey MS, Take This!” and shows patients sticking out their tongues with capsules on them in defiance of the disease.