Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Viatris
Penalty:
$19,700,000
Year:
2007
Date:
April 2, 2007
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description:
Pfizer announced that its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. had pled guilty to a single count of offering to an outside vendor remuneration in the form of an award of a contract to manage a patient assistance program for its human growth hormone Genotropin as an inducement for recommending the purchase of Pharmacia medicines.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Pennsylvania
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.
