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Company: Pfizer Inc.
Current Parent Company: Pfizer
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Penalty: $375,000
Year: 2013
Date: November 7, 2013
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Pfizer and Mylan agreed to pay a total of $625,000 in settlement of charges they ran a deceptive advertisement overstating the effectiveness of EpiPen.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
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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