Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$21.3 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
On December 17, 2009, Schering-Plough Corporation (now known as
Merck & Co.) agreed to pay $21.3 million to settle qui
tam allegations that it knowingly inflated the prices of its
drugs, causing California's Medicaid Program, Medi-Cal, to overpay...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$6.5 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
The State of Florida recently settled a whistleblower case
against three pharmaceutical manufacturers and their corporate
affiliates. The case, which was originally filed by a
whistleblower represented by the Whistleblower / Qui Tam Group,
involved...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$515 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
Berger & Montague represented the whistleblower,
Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc., a small pharmacy from Key
West, Florida. The case included allegations that Apothecon
submitted false and inflated Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs) for a
number of...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$515 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
Berger & Montague represented the whistleblower, Ven-A-Care
of the Florida Keys, Inc., a small pharmacy from Key West, Florida.
The case included allegations that Bristol submitted false and
inflated Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs) for a number of...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$124 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
In October 2009, the United States, through the U.S. Attorney's
Office in New Hampshire, recovered $124 million from four drug
companies -- Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals LP, UDL Laboratories Inc. and Ortho McNeil
Pharmaceutical...
Status:Settled
Settlement Amount:
$190 million
Practice Area(s):
Whistleblowers, Qui Tam & False Claims Act
In September 2007, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now known as
Sanofi-Aventis SA) paid $190 million to the United States, a number
of states and the District of Columbia to settle a qui tam
lawsuit alleging that the company caused false claims to be...