Lawsuit: Effexor patents illegal | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com

A federal lawsuit filed this week in Mississippi alleges a major pharmaceutical company made millions of dollars by misrepresenting clinical data and using sham litigation to maintain a monopoly over a drug used to treat depression and anxiety. Uniondale Chemists Inc., a retail pharmacy in Uniondale, N.Y., filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Mississippi against Wyeth LLC...