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Company: Pfizer Corporation
Current Parent Company: Pfizer
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Penalty: $49,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: October 28, 2002
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Drug Pricing Abuses
Violation Description: Pfizer Corporation and its subsidiaries, Warner-Lambert and Parke-Davis, agreed to pay $49 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to fully pay the rebates owed to state and federal governments for the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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