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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: Bausch Health
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Penalty: $54,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: June 9, 2016
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: The settlement resolved claims that Salix violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by using its speaker programs as a mechanism to pay kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe Salix drugs and medical devices that were reimbursed by federal health care programs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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