formulation was introduced in 1989. Approvals Lupron injection was approved by the FDA for treatment of advanced prostate cancer on April 9, 1985. Lupron depot for monthly intramuscular injection was approved by the FDA for palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer on January 26, 1989. Viadur was approved by the FDA for palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer on March 6, 2000. Eligard was approved by the FDA for palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer on January 24, 2002. Fensolvi was approved by the FDA for children with central precocious puberty on May 4, 2020. Society and culture Legal status On 24 March 2022, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for the medicinal product Camcevi, intended for the treatment of the cancer of the prostate in adult men when the cancer is "hormone-dependent", which means that it responds to treatments that reduce the levels of the hormone testosterone. The applicant for this medicinal product is Accord Healthcare S.L.U. Names Leuprorelin is the generic name of the drug and its and , while leuprorelin acetate is its and , leuprolide acetate is its and , leuprorelina is its , and leuproréline is its . It is also known by its developmental code names A-43818, Abbott-43818, DC-2-269, and TAP-144. Leuprorelin is marketed by Bayer AG under the brand name Viadur, by Tolmar under the brand names Eligard and Fensolvi, and by TAP Pharmaceuticals (1985–2008), by Varian Darou Pajooh under the brand name Leupromer and Abbott Laboratories (2008–present) under the brand name Lupron. Controversy In October 2001, the US Department of Justice, states attorneys general, and TAP Pharmaceutical Products, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, settled criminal and civil charges against TAP related to federal and state medicare fraud and illegal marketing of the drug leuprorelin. TAP paid a total of $875 million, which was a record high at the time. The $875 million settlement broke down to $290 million for violating the Prescription Drug Marketing Act, $559.5 million to settle federal fraud charges for overcharging Medicare, and $25.5 million reimbursement to 50 states and Washington, D.C., for filing false claims with the states' Medicaid programs. The case arose under the False Claims Act with claims filed by Douglas Durand, a former TAP vice president of sales, and Joseph Gerstein, a doctor at Tufts