Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Reckitt Benckiser Group
Current Parent Company:
Reckitt Benckiser
Penalty:
$400,000,000
Year:
2019
Date:
November 7, 2019
Offense Group:
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense:
off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products
Violation Description:
Reckitt Benckiser agreed to pay $400 million to state governments to resolve litigation involving improper marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone. This was part of a larger $1.3 billion criminal and civil settlement also involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-reckitt-be...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
household and personal care products
Specific Industry of Parent:
personal care products
Source of Data:
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
