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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: AbbVie
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol ABBV)
Headquartered in: Illinois
Major Industry: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry: pharmaceuticals
Penalty total since 2000: $7,560,456,404
Number of records: 84
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
healthcare-related offenses$5,397,449,29816
competition-related offenses$1,643,060,91228
government-contracting-related offenses$448,190,62924
consumer-protection-related offenses$51,676,9574
financial offenses$15,000,0001
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products$5,397,332,59515
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices$1,601,560,91225
False Claims Act and related$448,190,62924
consumer protection violation$51,676,9574
kickbacks and bribery$41,500,0003
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.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Allerganoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022MULTI-AG$2,370,000,000
Abbott Laboratories Inc.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2012FDA$1,500,000,000
Forest Laboratories LLCprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$750,000,000
Allergan Inc.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2010FDA$600,000,000
Abbott Laboratoriesoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2012MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $339,148,643
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009private lawsuit-federal$250,000,000
Allergan Finance LLCoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2021NY-AG$200,000,000
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2011FDA$164,000,000
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.False Claims Act and related2010USAO$149,000,000
Allergan Ltd. et al.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022FL-AG$134,200,000
Abbott Laboratories Inc.False Claims Act and related2010DOJ_CIVIL$126,500,000
Warner Chilcott PLCoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2015FDA$125,000,000
Allergan PLCprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$120,000,000
Allerganoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022WV-AG$78,000,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$72,500,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009private lawsuit-federal$65,700,000
Allergan PLCprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$62,500,000
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.False Claims Act and related2010MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $60,000,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$52,000,000
Allergan Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$51,250,000
Allergan PLCoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2023KY-AG$48,666,145
Kos Pharmaceuticalskickbacks and bribery2010FDA$41,500,000
Allerganoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2024MD-AG$38,166,450
Forest Laboratories and Forest PharmaceuticalsFalse Claims Act and related2016DOJ_CIVIL$38,000,000
Allergan Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Abbott Laboratories Inc.False Claims Act and related2008TX-AG$28,000,000
Forest Laboratories LLCprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$27,200,000
Allerganoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022CA-SFCA$27,000,000
AbbVie Inc.consumer protection violation2020CA-INS$24,000,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010MULTI-AG$22,500,000
Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.consumer protection violation2010private lawsuit-federal$16,500,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005MULTI-AG$15,350,000
Allergan Inc.investor protection violation2017SEC$15,000,000
Allerganprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$15,000,000
Abbott LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2009AL-AG$14,833,333
Forest LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2009AL-AG$14,833,333
Allergan Inc.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2010MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $14,750,000
AbbVie Inc.False Claims Act and related2019IL-AG$13,747,929
Allergan, Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$13,450,000
Allergan Inc.False Claims Act and related2017private lawsuit-federal$13,000,000
Watson/Schein Pharmaceuticals Inc.False Claims Act and related2011TX-AG$11,300,000
Warner Chilcott PLCFalse Claims Act and related2015MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $10,600,000
Forest Laboratories Inc.consumer protection violation2014private lawsuit-federal$10,350,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Abbott Laboratoriesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$9,615,384
Warner Chilcott Holdings Companyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$9,000,000
Warner Chilcottprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
Allergan Ltd.off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022RI-AG$7,500,000
Forest Laboratories Inc.False Claims Act and related2019IL-AG$7,089,034
Abbott LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2008PA-AG$6,950,000
Abbott LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2013LA-AG$6,200,000
Warner Chilcott Holdingsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007MULTI-AG$5,500,000
Allerganoff-label or unapproved promotion of medical products2022MULTI-AG$4,800,000
Kos Pharmaceuticalskickbacks and bribery2010MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $4,454,432
Warner Chilcott Holdings Companyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$4,150,000
Forest Laboratories, Inc.employment discrimination2018private lawsuit-federal$4,000,000
ActavisFalse Claims Act and related2012LA-AG$4,000,000
Allergan Inc.False Claims Act and related2018USAO$3,500,000
Forest LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2013LA-AG$3,000,000
Forest LaboratoriesFalse Claims Act and related2013TX-AG$3,000,000
Allergan Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$3,000,000
Forest Laboratories LLCFalse Claims Act and related2016MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,500,000
Warner Chilcott Holdings Companyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$2,100,000
AbbVie Inc.kickbacks and bribery2018MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,800,000
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc.False Claims Act and related2012KY-AG$1,750,000
Abbott Laboratories Inc.False Claims Act and related2009OH-AG$1,340,000
Allerganprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$1,003,634
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.False Claims Act and related2013ID-AG$1,000,000
Allerganprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$934,903
Knoll Pharmaceuticalsconsumer protection violation2001AR-AG$826,957
Allerganprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$806,991
Forest Laboratories, Inc.False Claims Act and related2012ID-AG$790,000
ABBOTT LABS - N. CHICAGO PLANTenvironmental violation2006EPA$475,672
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.False Claims Act and related2009IA-AG$357,000
ABBOTT LABS-N CHICAGO PLANTenvironmental violation2004EPA$162,595
ABBOTT LABS - N. CHICAGO PLANTenvironmental violation2011EPA$135,756
Actavis Kadian, LLCMedicare Coverage Gap Discount Program violation2013CMS$116,703
Allergan Plcwage and hour violation2016MI-LEO$73,999
Allergan Usa Incwage and hour violation2016MI-LEO$73,999
Allergan Usa Incwage and hour violation2017MI-LEO$64,828
ACTAVIS,INC.environmental violation2015EPA$30,800
ABBVIE INCwage and hour violation2022IL-DOL$27,330
ABBVIE US LLCwage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$25,973
Allergan Incwage and hour violation2019MI-LEO$7,656
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.