Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Current Parent Company:
B. Braun Melsungen
Penalty:
$14,744,000
Year:
2010
Date:
December 7, 2010
Offense Group:
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description:
Abbott Laboratories Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc. and Roxane Laboratories Inc. n/k/a Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and affiliated entities agreed to pay $421 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, that they engaged in a scheme to report false and inflated prices for numerous pharmaceutical products knowing that federal healthcare programs relied on those reported prices to set payment rates.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
Germany
Ownership Structure of Parent:
privately held
Major Industry of Parent:
medical equipment and supplies
Specific Industry of Parent:
medical supplies
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
