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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 CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Johnson & Johnson$24,497,162,77088
Pfizer$10,948,368,52398
Merck$10,710,400,03189
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries$10,242,576,79696
GlaxoSmithKline$9,572,803,40650
Purdue Pharma$9,278,372,78711
AbbVie$7,560,456,40484
Takeda Pharmaceutical$3,987,516,44732
Endo International$3,311,990,66730
Eli Lilly$2,831,299,67626

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.Teva Pharmaceutical Industriesoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022TX-AG$225,000,000
Dr. Reddy's LaboratoriesDr. Reddy's LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2022TX-AG$12,900,000
Takeda PharmaceuticalsTakeda PharmaceuticalFalse Claims Act and related2023TX-AG$21,350,000
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC d/b/a Qualitest PharmaceuticalsEndo Internationaldrug or medical equipment safety violation2015USAO$39,000,000
Novartis PharmaceuticalsNovartiskickbacks and bribery2015USAO$390,000,000
Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.Merckoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2015USAO$5,900,000
Galena Biopharma Inc.SELLAS Life Sciences GroupFalse Claims Act and related2017USAO$7,550,000
Celgene Corp.Bristol-Myers SquibbFalse Claims Act and related2017USAO$280,000,000
Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc.Bausch Healthkickbacks and bribery2016USAO$54,000,000
Mallinckrodt LLCMallinckrodtFalse Claims Act and related2013USAO$3,500,000
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Johnson & Johnsonoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2013USAO$410,000,000
Novo Nordisk Inc.Novo Holdings A/SFalse Claims Act and related2011USAO$1,725,000
Synthes Inc.Johnson & Johnsondrug or medical equipment safety violation2010USAO$669,800
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.AbbVieFalse Claims Act and related2010USAO$149,000,000
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLCJohnson & Johnsondrug or medical equipment safety violation2010USAO$6,140,000
Biovail Pharmaceuticals Inc.Bausch Healthkickbacks and bribery2009USAO$24,647,876
Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & JohnsonControlled Substances Act violation2008USAO$511,000
Depuy Orthopaedics Inc.Johnson & JohnsonFalse Claims Act and related2007USAO$84,700,000
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.Jazz Pharmaceuticalsoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2007USAO$20,000,000
Purdue Frederick Company Inc.Purdue PharmaFalse Claims Act and related2007USAO$600,000,000
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc.Pfizerkickbacks and bribery2007USAO$19,700,000
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLCPfizerkickbacks and bribery2007USAO$15,000,000
Schering-Plough CorporationMerckoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2006USAO$435,000,000
Bristol-Myers SquibbBristol-Myers Squibbfraud2005USAO$300,000,000
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Bausch Healthfraud2001USAO$5,600,000
Roussel Uclaf S.A.Sanofidrug or medical equipment safety violation2001USAO$23,193,600
Abiomed, Inc.Johnson & JohnsonFalse Claims Act and related2018USAO$3,100,000
Allergan Inc.AbbVieFalse Claims Act and related2018USAO$3,500,000
Abbott LaboratoriesAbbott Laboratoriesoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2018USAO$25,000,000
Sigma Aldrich Co.Merck KGaA (EMD)environmental violation2004USAO$180,000
Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLCSanofiFalse Claims Act and related2020USAO$11,850,000
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc.Pacira BioSciencesFalse Claims Act and related2020USAO$3,500,000
Bristol-Myers SquibbBristol-Myers SquibbFalse Claims Act and related2021USAO$75,000,000
Novo Nordisk IncNovo Holdings A/SFalse Claims Act and related2022USAO$6,300,000
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Merckenvironmental violation2020VA-ENV$20,925
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Merckenvironmental violation2019VA-ENV$17,290
Biogen Idec Inc.Biogenconsumer protection violation2007VT-AG$10,000
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Otsuka Pharmaceuticalconsumer protection violation2007VT-AG$10,000
PfizerPfizerconsumer protection violation2022VT-AG$34,564
Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnsondrug or medical equipment safety violation2019WA-AG$9,900,000
Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnsonoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2024WA-AG$149,500,000
InterMune Inc.RocheFamily and Medical Leave Act2014WHD$59,085
Perrigo CompanyPerrigoFamily and Medical Leave Act2014WHD$15,022
Block Drug Company IncorporatedGlaxoSmithKlinewage and hour violation2011WHD$352,773
St Jude Medical IncAbbott Laboratorieswage and hour violation2009WHD$17,662
Abbott Laboratories Puerto Rico, Inc.Abbott Laboratorieswage and hour violation2009WHD$49,045
Biogen Idec, Inc.Biogenwage and hour violation2009WHD$49,600
Schering CorporationMerckFamily and Medical Leave Act2006WHD$6,000
Wyeth BiopharmaPfizerwage and hour violation2005WHD$40,187
Biogen Idec Inc.Biogenwage and hour violation2005WHD$6,934
American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.Bristol-Myers Squibbwage and hour violation2004WHD$160,203
Valmed Pharmaceutical, Inc.Teva Pharmaceutical Industrieswage and hour violation2004WHD$83,871
ExecuPharm, Inc.Parexel InternationalFamily and Medical Leave Act2017WHD$5,900
Alere San Diego Inc.Abbott Laboratorieswage and hour violation2017WHD$10,572
Mallinckrodt Enterprises, LLCMallinckrodtwage and hour violation2018WHD$54,805
Amgen Inc.AmgenFalse Claims Act and related2008WI-AG$2,000,000
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Boehringer IngelheimFalse Claims Act and related2010WI-AG$7,750,000
Dey, Inc.ViatrisFalse Claims Act and related2010WI-AG$2,000,000
Merck and Company, Inc.MerckFalse Claims Act and related2011WI-AG$4,250,000
Pharmacia CorporationPfizerFalse Claims Act and related2013WI-AG$29,453,247
TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.Takeda Pharmaceuticalkickbacks and bribery2006WI-AG$798,000
AndaTeva Pharmaceutical IndustriesControlled Substances Act violation2016WV-AG$1,800,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBristol-Myers Squibbconsumer protection violation2019WV-AG$1,600,000
Dey Inc.ViatrisFalse Claims Act and related2004WV-AG$850,000
Johnson and JohnsonJohnson & Johnsonconsumer protection violation2009WV-AG$4,475,000
Sanofi-AventisSanoficonsumer protection violation2019WV-AG$1,600,000
Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnsondrug or medical equipment safety violation2020WV-AG$3,900,000
Teva Pharmaceutical IndustriesTeva Pharmaceutical Industriesoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022WV-AG$83,000,000
AllerganAbbVieoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022WV-AG$78,000,000
Janssen PharmaceuticalsJohnson & Johnsonoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022WV-AG$99,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.