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Company: Amgen, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Amgen
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $2,400,000
Year: 2009
Date: March 11, 2009
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Amgen agreed to pay $2.4 million in settlement of alleged improper reporting of the average wholesale price of its drugs, causing Medicaid to overpay.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Kentucky Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Kentucky
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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