Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Omnicare
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Recap of Ownership Changes:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $4,190,000
Year: 2014
Date: February 28, 2014
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Omnicare agreed to pay $4.19 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it demanded price concessions - or kickbacks - from drug manufacturer Amgen to switch long-term care patients suffering from chronic kidney disease, among other ailments, to a drug manufactured by Amgen. The settlement also involved the federal government, which issued its own announcement; 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: Rhode Island
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
Source of Data: (click here)
Source Notes: If an online information source is not working, check the Violation Tracker Data Sources page for an updated link.
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.