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Dec. 22, 2015

State settles with drugmaker for $23M

As a part of a nationwide pay-to-play insurance fraud case, the California Department of Insurance announced Friday it had reached a settlement to the tune of $23.2 million with since-acquired Warner Chilcott PLC on whistleblower accusations that the pharmaceutical company had used kickbacks to convince physicians to write more prescriptions.

By Kibkabe Araya
Daily Journal Staff Writer

As a part of a nationwide pay-to-play insurance fraud case, the California Department of Insurance announced Friday it had reached a settlement to the tune of $23.2 million with since-acquired Warner Chilcott PLC on whistleblower accusations that the pharmaceutical company had used kickbacks to convince physicians to write more prescriptions.

Of the total settlement, $1...

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