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Company: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: AstraZeneca
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Penalty: $13,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: April 4, 2019
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Three pharmaceutical companies -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, Lundbeck LLC, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- agreed to pay a total of $122.6 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program (ChampVA) copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations that the companies used as mere conduits.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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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