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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Eisai Inc.
Current Parent Company: Eisai
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Penalty: $4,658,249
Year: 2010
Date: December 16, 2010
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Japanese drug marketer Eisai Inc. agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle multistate litigation concerning the off-label marketing of the epilepsy drug Zonegran. This was part of a larger $11 million settlement involving the federal government; 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: Japan
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.