Amgen Suit by Alleged Professional Whistle-Blower Tossed

Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, won’t have to face a drug-marketing lawsuit brought by a New Jersey doctor whom the U.S. describes as a professional whistle-blower.

U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson in Brooklyn, New York, who oversaw Amgen’s $780 million drug misbranding settlement with the U.S. in December, issued an order yesterday throwing out the lawsuit by physician Joseph Piacentile.