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Company: PharMerica Corp.
Current Parent Company: KKR & Co.
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Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 7, 2015
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Nursing home pharmacy company PharMerica Corp. agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle multistate litigation alleging it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the prescription drug Depakote for nursing home patients. This was part of a larger $9.25 million settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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