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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: Sanofi
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Penalty: $10,645,600
Year: 2007
Date: September 10, 2007
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. agreed to pay $10.6 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that the company caused false claims to be filed with state Medicaid programs as a result of the company's alleged fraudulent pricing and marketing of drugs such as the anti-emetic medication Anzemet. This was part of a larger $190 million 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: France
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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