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Company: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Current Parent Company: AstraZeneca
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $2,600,000
Year: 2009
Date: October 19, 2009
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: AstraZeneca agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle multistate litigation claiming it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay appropriate rebates for drugs that were paid for by Medicaid. Also involved in the settlement was the U.S. Justice Department, which made its own announcement; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.