Drug Maker to Question Abilify Study Author About Bias

May 17, 2017, 9:23 PM UTC

The author of the only epidemiological study linking the anti-psychotic drug aripiprazole to gambling disorders was expected to undergo harsh questioning in a deposition set for May 16 in a multidistrict product liability proceeding (In re Abilify (Aripiprazole) Prods. Liab. Litig., 2017 BL 162274, N.D. Fla., 3:16-md-2734, 5/15/17).

Dr. Mahyar Etminan, a retained expert witness for the plaintiffs, was expected to be questioned about the methodology he used for “Risk of Gambling Disorder and Impulse Control Disorder with Aripiprazole, Pramipexole, and Ropinirole: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study,” which was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

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