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Company: AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Current Parent Company: Cencora Inc.
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Penalty: $99,875,000
Year: 2018
Date: October 1, 2018
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Pharmaceutical Hazards
Violation Description: Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corporation agreed to pay more than $99 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it illegally introduced adulterated, misbranded drugs into interstate commerce andf made false claims to state Medicaid programs. This was part of a larger $625 settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: wholesalers
Specific Industry of Current Parent: wholesalers-pharmaceuticals
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.