Pfizer 'supports' DoJ joining Rapamune suit

The feds have officially joined a whistleblower case filed over Wyeth's marketing of the transplant drug Rapamune.

The feds have officially joined a whistleblower case filed over Wyeth's marketing of the transplant drug Rapamune. Filed by two former Wyeth reps, the suit not only alleges that the company (now owned by Pfizer) pushed Rapamune for off-label use, but that it also specifically targeted hospitals with mostly African-American patients.

Pfizer says it's not fussed about the Department of Justice's interest in the case. In fact, the drugmaker tells Pharmalot that it wanted the government to get involved in the suit. "We supported the government's intervention in this case because we believe its doing so will allow for a more orderly process and efficient conclusion of both this matter and the previously disclosed government investigation of Wyeth's promotion of Rapamune," the company tells Pharmalot. "As we have previously communicated, the company is actively cooperating with the government in its investigation."

Besides, even if Wyeth did break the rules on marketing Ra