Largest Fraud Settlement in History: DOJ vs. Pfizer

Pfizer To Pay $2.3 Billion For Fraudulent Marketing

EXCERPT:

News Release by DOJ on HHS.gov: posted Wednesday, September 2, 2009

WASHINGTON – American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter
together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in the history of the Department of
Justice, to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products, the Justice
Department announced today...

Get the full release HERE. (PDF format, 2 pgs, 53 KB)

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