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(From AP Worldstream)
Byline: WALLACE WITKOWSKI
Drug maker Pfizer Inc. fired outspoken executive Peter Rost on Thursday, citing the government's decision not to participate in a whistleblower lawsuit he brought against the company.
Rost, vice president of marketing, charged in a 2003 complaint that Pharmacia, a Pfizer subsidiary, marketed the human growth hormone Genotropin for unapproved, or "off-label" uses, and improperly sought reimbursement from federal health plans.
On Nov. 10, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts declined to intervene in the lawsuit and a federal judge later ordered the complaint unsealed. Pfizer filed a motion…