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Whistleblower Files Amended Complaint Against Biotech, Amgen and Marketing Partners
Amgen and its Marketing Partners International Nephrology Network and ASD Healthcare, Both Owned by AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Offered Kickbacks to Medical Providers in Order to Increase Sales of Blockbuster Anemia Drug Aranesp.  
Related Press Release | (PDF)
Amended Complaint (PDF) | Multistate Amgen Complaint (PDF)

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$2.3 BILLION PFIZER SETTLEMENT NEWS

Pfizer Inc. will pay approximately $2.3 billion dollars to settle claims it misbranded one of its pain killer drugs, promoted the off label use of numerous drugs, and paid kickbacks to doctors to induce or reward the prescription of Pfizer drugs. Boston attorneys Suzanne E. Durrell, Robert M. Thomas, Jr. and Rory Delaney represent one of the whistleblowers, Blair Collins, who brought kickback allegations regarding the drugs Lipitor, Norvasc, Viagra, Zithromax, and Zyrtec, and whose information helped form the basis for today's settlement.
Read the Pfizer Settlement Press Release | (PDF)

Official DOJ Pfizer Announcement

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 VIDEO: Drug maker Pfizer to pay record $2.3 billion penalty over promotions
(NECN: Washington) - Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions. The...
 

Pfizer To Pay $2.3B To Settle Case On Drug Marketing - DOJ
Wall Street Journal - WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Pfizer Inc. (PFE) has agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle charges that it illegally ...

Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case
New York Times

Pfizer settles drug-promotion case for $2.3 billion
MarketWatch

Pfizer, Subsidiary to Pay $2.3B in Health-Care Fraud Case
Washington Post

Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty over promotions
Boston Globe


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FOREST LABORATORIES FRAUD NEWS
 
Read the United States' DOJ Announcement.
(PDF)
A Complaint was unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against a New York pharmaceutical company for alleged False Claims Act violations arising from the company’s marketing the drugs Celexa and Lexapro for unapproved pediatric use and for paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe the drugs.
Complete Press Release. (PDF)

Read the United States' Complaint. (PDF)

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Forest says 11 states will join fraud lawsuit

Forest Laboratories Inc. said Thursday 11 states and the District of Columbia are planning to become plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleges the company committed fraud against federal health plans.
Complete AP story on FORBES site.
  
Drug Maker Is Accused of Fraud

The Justice Department charged the drug maker Forest Laboratories on Wednesday with defrauding the government of millions of dollars by illegally marketing the popular antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro for unapproved uses in children and teenagers.
Complete story on The New York Times site.

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BIG DIG FRAUD NEWS

Whistle-blower and former Aggregate employee Daniel Johnston (second from left) left the courthouse yesterday flanked by lawyers Suzanne Durrell, Rory Delaney, and Robert Thomas. (JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE) Big Dig Whistleblower Dan Johnston Pleased with 10-9 Concrete Fraud Settlement—Encourages Others to Come Forward
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(PHOTO: JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE, HOSTED ON BOSTON.COM)

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Big Dig payment for fraud at $50m

  

Big Dig firm seen in $42m settlement--Supplier linked to faulty concrete

Complete story on Boston Globe site.  |  Related Globe story  |  Newswire Coverage

DOJ & Mass. AG: Big Dig Management Consultant and Designers to Pay $450 Million
Read the official announcement.  

Boston Globe Editorial: Shoddy work, big settlement
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