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Jul. 20, 2013
Irish pharmaceutical company will pay $3.5 million to settle fraud claims
The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco announced Thursday that the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc will pay $3.5 million to settle fraud claims.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco announced Thursday that the pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc will pay $3.5 million to settle fraud claims. Prosecutors alleged the Irish company paid doctors to encourage them to prescribe company medications, which led to the filing of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between 2005 and 2010.
"This settlement demonstrates this office's c...
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