UCB Unit Pleads Guilty to Improper Epilepsy Drug Marketing
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A unit of drugmaker UCB SA pleaded guilty in the U.S. to a misdemeanor and will pay more than $34 million in fines and penalties for the improper marketing of the epilepsy medicine Keppra.
UCB Inc. admitted today in federal court in Washington that it promoted Keppra for uses unapproved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina.