By Martha Rosenberg Big Pharma Firms Charged With Racketeering in Precedent-Setting Case Eli Lilly and Takeda engaged in a decade-long conspiracy, says a suit
The law firm Wisner Baum is known for its successful litigation against Monsanto’ s Roundup weed killer and the cancer-linked H2 blocker Zantac. It was recently cleared to bring a RICO lawsuit( Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) claiming that Eli Lilly and Takeda engaged in a decade-long conspiracy through mail and wire fraud to conceal the risk of bladder cancer linked to their drug Actos. The trial is set for November 30, 2026.
We spoke with R. Brent Wisner, the firm’ s managing partner and lead trial attorney, about the trial’ s implications.
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