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Company: GlaxoSmithKline
Current Parent Company: GlaxoSmithKline
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Penalty: $70,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: August 10, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Drug Pricing Abuses
Violation Description: The attorneys general of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Nevada and New York announced a $70 million settlement with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline over allegations that it set fraudulently inflated prices for anti-emetic drugs used in cancer treatment.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
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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