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Company: Abbott Laboratories
Current Parent Company: AbbVie
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: August 6, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Abbott agreed to pay at least $10 million--including $3 million to indirect purchaser plaintiffs and $7 million to AIDS charities--to settle litigation alleging it improperly raised the price of its HIV drug Norvir.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:04cv1511
Case Name: Doe 1 et al v. Abbott Laboratories
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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