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Company: KV Pharmaceutical Company
Penalty: $17,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: December 6, 2011
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: KV Pharmaceutical Company, which was the St. Louis-based parent company of now-defunct Ethex Corporation, agreed to pay $17 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that Ethex failed to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that two unapproved products did not qualify for coverage under federal health care programs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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