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Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Current Parent Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
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Penalty: $169,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: July 21, 2010
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Drug Pricing Abuses
Violation Description: Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $169 million to California, Florida, Texas and the federal government to settle allegations that it misreported drug prices to state Medicaid programs and thus caused them to overpay for generic drugs.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Source of Data: Attorney General Abbott Recovers $51 Million for Texas; Medicaid Fraud Exposed, US Fed News, July 21, 2010 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.