Tuesday, May 8, 2007

UPDATE 1-Medicis agrees to $9.8 mln settlement-DOJ

(Reuters) - The drug company had allegedly promoted Loprox -- typically used for fungal skin conditions such as athlete's foot -- among pediatricians as a treatment for diaper rash from about November 2001 through April 2004.

Loprox, known chemically as ciclopirox, is only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a fungicide for patients over 10 years of age, the Justice department said.


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