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Company: Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: AbbVie
Penalty: $16,500,000
Year: 2010
Date: March 16, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Solvay Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay over $16 million to settle litigation alleging it falsely marketed menopause drugs as having been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Minnesota
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 0:09-cv-02261
Case Name: Yarrington et al v. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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