Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Sanofi
Penalty:
$40,000,000
Year:
2009
Date:
May 28, 2009
Offense Group:
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description:
Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc. agreed to pay $40 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it violated the False Claims Act by misreporting drug prices in order to reduce its Medicaid Drug Rebate obligations. This was part of a larger $95.5 million settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-aventis-ph...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
France
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Source Notes:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
