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Company: Bayer Corporation
Current Parent Company: Bayer
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Penalty: $20,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: February 9, 2009
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Violation Description: In settlement of multistate litigation, Bayer agreed to spend $20 million on an ad campaign to correct misleading assertions it had made about its oral contraceptive Yaz. The states had alleged that Bayer's statements violated a 2007 settlement.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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