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Drug company Actelion to pay $360M in kickback probe
A pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve allegations that it used a charitable foundation to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients.
Dec 6, 2018
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Medical device company settles US case over false claims
A New York-based medical device company will pay the U.S. government $12.5 million to resolve allegations that it had health care providers submit false claims to federal programs.
Jul 19, 2018
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Canadian pharmacy fined $34 million for illegal imports
An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada's largest was fined $34 million Friday for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group ...
Apr 13, 2018
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Dutch prosecutors investigate assisted suicide group
Dutch prosecutors opened a criminal investigation Wednesday into an organization that supports members' efforts to buy a deadly powder to take their own lives.
Mar 21, 2018
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Dutch prosecutors probe four euthanasia cases
Dutch prosecutors Thursday launched criminal probes into four euthanasia cases, amid concerns doctors may have flouted the rules in helping four elderly women to end their lives.
Mar 8, 2018
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Prosecutors: German nurse may have killed over 100 patients
A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Thursday.
Nov 9, 2017
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Feds charge seller of mislabeled Chinese 'Viagra substitute'
Federal prosecutors say an Alabama man who imported a Chinese drug sold as a Viagra substitute has been charged with intentionally defrauding and misleading consumers. They say the drug sold as Zhen Gong Fu fails to list ...
Sep 27, 2016
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Company to pay up to $7.8M over contaminated syringes
Federal prosecutors say a drug and medical device manufacturer has agreed to pay up to $7.8 million for selling contaminated syringes.
May 19, 2016
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Pfizer to pay $785 mn for overcharging US government on drugs
US authorities said Wednesday that drug giant Pfizer had agreed to pay nearly $785 million to settle allegations that one of its units overcharged the government for anti-acid drugs.
Apr 27, 2016
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris faces $2.2 billion Thai tax fine
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is facing an eye-watering $2.2 billion fine if found guilty of dodging tax on cigarette imports to Thailand, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Jan 19, 2016
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