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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Abbott Laboratories
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol ABT)
Headquartered in: Illinois
Major Industry: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry: pharmaceuticals
Penalty total since 2000: $785,289,091
Number of records: 28
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $698,547,929 | 9 |
| healthcare-related offenses | $27,950,000 | 2 |
| safety-related offenses | $27,011,162 | 2 |
| competition-related offenses | $18,000,000 | 2 |
| financial offenses | $13,023,885 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| False Claims Act and related | $698,547,929 | 9 |
| drug or medical equipment safety violation | $27,000,000 | 1 |
| off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | $25,000,000 | 1 |
| kickbacks and bribery | $18,000,000 | 2 |
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $13,023,885 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below 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. The totals 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 list below.
Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Abbott Laboratories and CG Nutritionals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $600,000,000 |
| Alere Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | DOJ_CIVIL | $38,750,000 |
| Alere Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $33,200,000 |
| Abbott Laboratories | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | 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. $32,500,000 |
| St. Jude Medical Inc. | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2021 | DOJ_CIVIL | $27,000,000 |
| Abbott Laboratories | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2018 | USAO | $25,000,000 |
| St. Jude Medical Inc. | kickbacks and bribery | 2011 | DOJ_CIVIL | $16,000,000 |
| Abbott Laboratories | False Claims Act and related | 2019 | IL-AG | $13,747,929 |
| Alere Inc. | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2017 | SEC | $13,023,885 |
| Abbott Laboratories | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,475,000 |
| Alere Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | 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. $4,860,779 |
| St. Jude Medical Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,725,000 |
| St. Jude Medical Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,650,000 |
| Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. | HHS civil monetary penalties | 2007 | HHSOIG | $2,950,000 |
| Alere Inc. | kickbacks and bribery | 2017 | MS-AG | $2,000,000 |
| Therasense, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2003 | NLRB | $236,827 |
| Abbott Laboratories | employment discrimination | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $210,000 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | air pollution violation | 2013 | CA-SCAQMD | $93,700 |
| Abbott Laboratories | consumer protection violation | 2018 | NY-AG | $50,000 |
| Abbott Laboratories Puerto Rico, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $49,045 |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES | environmental violation | 2008 | EPA | $25,033 |
| Abbott Laboratories, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2013 | NY-AG | $25,000 |
| St Jude Medical Inc | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $17,662 |
| Advanced Medical Optics | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $16,800 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | air pollution violation | 2011 | CA-SCAQMD | $12,000 |
| URX2024XTN976X0036 - ABBOTT LABORATORIES DBA ABBOTT NUTRITION | workplace safety or health violation | 2024 | OSHA | $11,162 |
| Alere San Diego Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2017 | WHD | $10,572 |
| Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics | pesticide violation | 2007 | CA-DPR | $9,476 |
