Mississippi gets an $18.5 million boost from drug lawsuit (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

JACKSON -- State Atty. Gen. Jim Hood announced a lawsuit settlement against pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company on Thursday that boosts Mississippi's sickly treasury by $18.5 million. The settlement is the result of a multistate lawsuit against Lilly over the drug Zypreza, which Hood said the company marketed in Mississippi as a treatment for minor depression as well as its intended use ...