Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC
Current Parent Company:
Pfizer
Penalty:
$15,000,000
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 LLC had entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Department of Justice that included a fine of $15 million to address the improper promotion of its human growth hormone Genotropin, which Pfizer said it had discovered and self-reported to the Department of Justice, the FDA and the Office of the Inspector General within the first month following completion of the Pharmacia acquisition.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
Prosecution Agreement:
deferred prosecution agreement
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.
