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Pfizer, Inc.

Illegal Marketing of Neurontin

Date: 05/13/2004 (Date of Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Health

Enforcement Agency: Multiple Agencies

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Criminal

Amount: $430,000,000

Disposition: Pleaded Guilty

Synopsis: Pfizer agreed to plead guilty to violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and pay the federal and state governments more than $430 million in civil and criminal fines to resolve false claims allegations that Warner-Lambert, which Pfizer acquired in 2000, illegally marketed its epilepsy drug Neurontin between 1996 and 2000. As part of the settlement agreement, Pfizer also agreed to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services.