Botox Whistleblower Case Settles for $600 Million
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan, Inc. has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve civil allegations that it unlawfully promoted its drug Botox® Therapeutic for unapproved uses…
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U.S. Files Suit against Johnson & Johnson for Paying Kickbacks to Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy
The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of New Brunswick, N.J., and two of…
Read More »Texas Hospital Group Pays $27.5 Million for False Claims Act Allegations
South Texas Health System, a McAllen, Texas-based hospital group, has agreed to pay the United States $27.5 million to settle claims that it violated the…
Read More »Pharma Co. to pay more than $24 million for kickback, conspiracy charges
Biovail Pharmaceuticals, LLC, has pled guilty to conspiracy and kickback charges and has been sentenced to pay a criminal fine of more than $22 million.…
Read More »Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion in Largest Healthcare Fraud Settlement in Government’s History
Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. have agreed to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the…
Read More »Wyeth under Fire for Alleged Medicaid Fraud
The U.S. government and 16 states have joined in two whistleblower suits against pharmaceutical giant Wyeth. The drug company allegedly failed to pay hundreds of…
Read More »Allegations of Pharmaceutical Fraud Lands Forest Labs in Hot Water
The Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint against Forest Laboratories alleging that the pharmaceutical company intentionally concealed a clinical study containing negative results…
Read More »Eli Lilly Pays Record Fine for Off-Label Drug Marketing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania— Multiple news publications have confirmed that Eli Lilly & Co. will, in the largest United States-imposed criminal fine on an individual company, pay…
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