{"id":53,"date":"2007-04-04T00:43:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T00:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/04\/guilty_plea_in_pharmaceutical.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:56:24","slug":"guilty_plea_in_pharmaceutical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/guilty_plea_in_pharmaceutical\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Plea in Pharmaceutical Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A subsidiary of the drug manufacturer Pfizer  has agreed to plead guilty in a kickback scheme and to pay a criminal fine of $19.68 million, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Michael J. Sullivan (not to be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qui-tam-litigation.com\/msullivan.htm\">Michael A. Sullivan<\/a>, one of the authors of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/\">whistleblower lawyer blog<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s announcement was that Pharmacia &amp; Upjohn Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., was charged  with offering a kickback in connection with the administration and distribution of its human growth hormone, Genotropin. Another Pfizer subsidiary, Pharmacia &amp; Upjohn Company LLC entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Government for what the government described as illegally promoting Genotropin for &#8220;off-label&#8221; uses as anti-aging, cosmetic use and athletic performance enhancement.  The result is that the companies will pay a total amount of $34.7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subsidiary of the drug manufacturer Pfizer has agreed to plead guilty in a kickback scheme and to pay a criminal fine of $19.68 million, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Michael J. Sullivan (not to be confused with Michael A. Sullivan, one of the authors of this whistleblower lawyer blog). 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