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Executive Summary
Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals is seeking $1.3 bil. from FDA for the agency's "unlawful publication of trade secrets and confidences" for Unithroid on its web site, the company announces March 26. The claim approaches the agency's $1.7 bil. annual operating budget. FDA posted trade secrets from its October 1999 levothyroxine NDA from Aug. 22, 2000 to Jan. 23, 2001, the company said. JSP will sue the agency in D.C. federal court if FDA fails to act on the tort claim within six months...