Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Alpharma USPD, Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Pfizer
Penalty:
$600,000
Year:
2010
Date:
May 27, 2010
Offense Group:
government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description:
Alpharma USPD, Inc. and Purepac Pharmaceutical Co. agreed to pay a total of $1.2 million in settlement of allegations they misreported the average wholesale price of their drugs to the state Medicaid program. The announcement did not specify how much each company would pay; here we assume the total was split evenly between them.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Idaho Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
Idaho
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
New York
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Parent:
pharmaceuticals
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
