Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Omnicare
Current Parent Company:
CVS Health
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 https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-omnicare-i...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Rhode Island
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
retailing
Specific Industry of Parent:
retail-pharmacies
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.
