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Industry: pharmaceuticals
Penalty Total since 2000: $116,245,163,450
Number of Records: 1,270
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.

Top 10 Current Parent Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
Johnson & Johnson	$24,497,162,770	88
Pfizer	$10,948,368,523	98
Merck	$10,710,400,031	89
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	$10,242,576,796	96
GlaxoSmithKline	$9,572,803,406	50
Purdue Pharma	$9,278,372,787	11
AbbVie	$7,560,456,404	84
Takeda Pharmaceutical	$3,987,516,447	32
Endo International	$3,311,990,667	30
Eli Lilly	$2,831,299,676	26

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Company	Current Parent	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.	Roche	employment discrimination	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$545,833
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC	Sanofi	employment discrimination	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$15,360,000
AstraZeneca	AstraZeneca	employment discrimination	2008	private lawsuit-state	$350,000
General Nutrition Corporation	Harbin Pharmaceutical Group	employment discrimination	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$550,187
Merck & Company, Inc.	Merck	employment discrimination	2019	OFCCP	$289,755
Imclone Systems, Inc.	Eli Lilly	employment discrimination	2005	EEOC	$85,000
Merck & Co. Inc.	Merck	employment discrimination	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$6,200,000
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.	IDEXX Laboratories	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$200,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.	Boehringer Ingelheim	employment discrimination	2020	OFCCP	$379,089
Perrigo Company	Perrigo	employment discrimination	2021	NY-NYCCHR	$20,000
GNC	Harbin Pharmaceutical Group	employment discrimination	2019	NY-NYCCHR	$35,000
AstraZeneca	AstraZeneca	employment discrimination	2021	OFCCP	$560,000
Pfizer Inc.	Pfizer	employment discrimination	2023	OFCCP	$2,500,000
EMD Chemicals, Inc.	Merck KGaA (EMD)	economic sanction violation	2007	OFAC	$8,250
Chiron Corporation Ltd	Novartis	economic sanction violation	2004	OFAC	$168,500
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company	Bristol-Myers Squibb	economic sanction violation	2004	OFAC	$6,600
Fort Dodge Animal Health	Zoetis	economic sanction violation	2004	OFAC	$26,956
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Bausch Health	economic sanction violation	2004	OFAC	$5,500
Advanced Sterilization Products, a division of Ethicon Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	FDA	$1,200,000
Genzyme Corporation	Sanofi	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	FDA	$32,587,439
McNeil-PPC Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	FDA	$25,000,000
Pfizer Inc.	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2012	FDA	$55,000,000
SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc.	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	FDA	$750,000,000
Ranbaxy USA Inc.	Sun Pharmaceuticals	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	FDA	$500,000,000
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC d/b/a Qualitest Pharmaceuticals	Endo International	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	USAO	$39,000,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb	Bristol-Myers Squibb	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2007	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$1,000,000
GNC Holdings Inc.	Harbin Pharmaceutical Group	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2016	FDA	$2,250,000
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Amryt Pharma	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2017	DOJ_CIVIL	$35,000,000
Schering-Plough Corporation	Merck	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2002	DOJ_CIVIL	$500,000,000
Synthes Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	USAO	$669,800
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	USAO	$6,140,000
Roussel Uclaf S.A.	Sanofi	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2001	USAO	$23,193,600
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc.	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2018	DOJ_CIVIL	$5,000,000
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	OR-AG	$4,000,000
Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Endo International	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2016	NY-AG	$200,000
GlaxoSmithKline LLC	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2012	MULTI-AG	$90,000,000
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2011	MULTI-AG	$40,750,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	MULTI-AG	$120,000,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2017	MULTI-AG	$33,000,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	WA-AG	$9,900,000
Merck	Merck	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	PA-AG	$8,250,000
Pfizer	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2003	MULTI-AG	$6,000,000
Pfizer, Inc.	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2012	OR-AG	$3,340,000
Purdue Pharma	Purdue Pharma	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	KY-AG	$24,000,000
Ranbaxy	Sun Pharmaceuticals	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $266,729,715
Ranbaxy Laboratories	Sun Pharmaceuticals	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	OR-AG	$2,300,000
SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc.	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $163,560,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	MULTI-AG	$116,860,000
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Division	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2000	FDA	$30,000,000
Pfizer Inc.	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	NV-AG	$9,500,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2020	WV-AG	$3,900,000
St. Jude Medical Inc.	Abbott Laboratories	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2021	DOJ_CIVIL	$27,000,000
Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$387,500,000
Organon USA Inc.	Organon & Co.	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$100,000,000
Endo International PLC	Endo International	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$775,000,000
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.	Takeda Pharmaceutical	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$2,400,000,000
Boehringer Ingelheim International	Boehringer Ingelheim	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$650,000,000
Endo International PLC	Endo International	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$830,000,000
Merck	Merck	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$27,700,000
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$2,475,000,000
Pfizer	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$288,000,000
AstraZeneca	AstraZeneca	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$198,000,000
GlaxoSmithKline	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$770,000,000
Merck	Merck	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$41,500,000
GlaxoSmithKline	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$28,000,000
Pfizer	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$745,000,000
GlaxoSmithKline	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$40,000,000
Merck & Co.	Merck	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$4,850,000,000
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$500,000,000
GlaxoSmithKline	GlaxoSmithKline	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2006	private lawsuit-state	$63,833,148
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$15,000,000
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$690,000,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$90,000,000
Pfizer	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$750,000,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$45,000,000
American Home Products	Pfizer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$3,750,000,000
Johnson and Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2023	CA-AG	$302,000,000
Endo Health Solutions Inc.	Endo International	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2024	DOJ_CIVIL	$464,900,000
Mallinckrodt LLC	Mallinckrodt	Controlled Substances Act violation	2017	DEA	$35,000,000
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	Controlled Substances Act violation	2008	USAO	$511,000
Anda	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	Controlled Substances Act violation	2016	WV-AG	$1,800,000
Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. and Purdue Pharma, L.P.	Purdue Pharma	Controlled Substances Act violation	2007	NV-AG	$1,047,787
Purdue Pharma	Purdue Pharma	Controlled Substances Act violation	2019	OK-AG	$270,000,000
Purdue Pharma, L.P.	Purdue Pharma	Controlled Substances Act violation	2015	NY-AG	$75,000
Teva Pharmaceuticals	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	Controlled Substances Act violation	2019	OK-AG	$85,000,000
Mallinckrodt	Mallinckrodt	Controlled Substances Act violation	2020	MULTI-AG	$1,600,000,000
Endo Pharmaceuticals	Endo International	Controlled Substances Act violation	2020	OK-AG	$8,750,000
Mylan Laboratories, Inc.	Viatris	consumer protection violation	2000	FTC	$100,000,000
Abbott Laboratories	Abbott Laboratories	consumer protection violation	2018	NY-AG	$50,000
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.	Abbott Laboratories	consumer protection violation	2013	NY-AG	$25,000
AstraZeneca	AstraZeneca	consumer protection violation	2010	KY-AG	$5,391,000
Biogen Idec Inc.	Biogen	consumer protection violation	2007	VT-AG	$10,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	Bristol-Myers Squibb	consumer protection violation	2019	WV-AG	$1,600,000
Cephalon	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	consumer protection violation	2016	MULTI-AG	$125,000,000
Endo Pharmaceuticals	Endo International	consumer protection violation	2019	CA-AG	$760,000
General Nutrition Corp.	Harbin Pharmaceutical Group	consumer protection violation	2002	FL-AG	$1,000,000
Johnson and Johnson	Johnson & Johnson	consumer protection violation	2009	WV-AG	$4,475,000
Knoll Pharmaceuticals	AbbVie	consumer protection violation	2001	AR-AG	$826,957
McNeil-PPC Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	consumer protection violation	2015	AL-AG	$500,000
McNeil-PPC, Inc.	Johnson & Johnson	consumer protection violation	2004	NY-AG	$52,000
Merck & Co. Inc.	Merck	consumer protection violation	2009	MULTI-AG	$5,400,000