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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Pfizer Inc.
Current Parent Company: Pfizer
Penalty: $2,300,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: September 2, 2009
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Mega-Scandal: Improper Drug Marketing
Violation Description: American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. agreed to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products. Pfizer was required to pay a criminal fine of $1.195 billion and Pharmacia & Upjohn was required to forfeit $105 million, for a total criminal resolution of $1.3 billion. The other $1 billion represented a civil False Claims Act penalty.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
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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