Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC
Current Parent Company:
Johnson & Johnson
Penalty:
$24,681,516
Year:
2010
Date:
April 29, 2010
Offense Group:
healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense:
off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Violation Description:
Pharmaceutical manufacturers Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., both subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson, agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle multistate litigation alleging they promoted the epilepsy drug Topamax for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This was part of a larger $81 million civil and criminal settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-ortho-mcne...
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:
New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
