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Company: GlaxoSmithKline
Current Parent Company: GlaxoSmithKline
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Penalty: $3,700,000
Year: 2010
Date: January 28, 2010
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Violation Description: Following an earlier guilty verdict GlaxoSmithKline was ordered to pay $5.8 million in civil penalties for deceptive marketing of several of its drugs. The company later reached a settlement for $3.7 million.
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: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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