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Company: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC
Current Parent Company: Johnson & Johnson
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Penalty: $81,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: April 29, 2010
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Mega-Scandal: Improper Drug Marketing
Violation Description: American pharmaceutical manufacturers Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., both subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson, agreed to pay more than $81 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Food and Drug Administration referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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