Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Pfizer, Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Pfizer
Penalty:
$331,485,170
Year:
2009
Date:
September 2, 2009
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description:
Pfizer agreed to pay more than $331 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it paid illegal kickbacks and conducted improper marketing campaigns for more than a dozen of its drugs. This was part of a larger $2.3 billion civil and criminal settlement that also involved the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-pfizer-inc-3
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 York
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.
