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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Ohio Settles Suit with Drug Company. |
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January 6, 2003 |
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Ohio’s attorney general says the state will receive $300,000 from a major drug company. The Pfizer company has agreed to pay Ohio and 19 other states in order to end a lawsuit about the way it markets an antibiotic commonly prescribed to children for ear infections. Attorney General spokesman Joe Case says the company will change the way it markets the drug Zithromax. |
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Attorney General spokesman Joe Case (3:45) 
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| Case says this is the only drug company that’s been facing this type of lawsuit for the way it markets its product. He says the state will continue to monitor the marketing of other drugs to make sure they do not attempt to improperly market their products to consumers. |
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