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News Release - January 17, 2007
Endo Pharmaceuticals Receives Subpoena From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CHADDS FORD, PA--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--Jan 17, 2007 -- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ENDP ), announced that it received a subpoena today from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, requesting documents from 1999 to the present regarding the company's sales and promotional practices relating to Lidoderm® (lidocaine patch 5%). The company intends to cooperate with this request. The subpoena requests documents generally related to the company's knowledge of the use of Lidoderm® for non-indicated uses by physicians."Endo has been and will continue to be firmly committed to promoting Lidoderm® and all of Endo's marketed products responsibly and appropriately within their currently approved indications," said Peter A. Lankau, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have a strong ethics and compliance program. To that end, we routinely conduct extensive training for our employees to reinforce the importance of promotional practices that are within the FDA-approved indication."
Lidoderm® is a topical analgesic patch approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1999 to treat the pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic condition resulting from nerve damage caused by shingles.
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