Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Abbott Laboratories
Current Parent Company:
AbbVie
Penalty:
$339,148,643
Year:
2012
Date:
May 7, 2012
Offense Group:
healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense:
off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Secondary Offense:
consumer protection violation
Violation Description:
Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay $339 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it promoted its drug Depakote for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Of that total, $239 million was part of a larger $1.5 billion civil and criminal settlement also involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-abbott-lab.... The other $100 million came from a separate consumer protection settlement with the states .
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Illinois
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
