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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
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contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Protonix False Claims Act Lawsuits
The United States and 16 states joined in two separate False Claims Act suits filed in Massachusetts against Wyeth, alleging that the company failed to give the government the same discounts it provided to private purchasers of its Protonix acid reflux drugs, as required by laws governing the Medicaid program. As a result, Wyeth allegedly avoided paying hundreds of millions in rebates due to state Medicaid programs between 2000 and 2006. In May 2010, 17 other states filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuits. In 2016, Pfizer’s Wyeth subsidiary (Pfizer acquired Wyeth in 2009) agreed to settle the litigation for $784.6 million.
- Misconduct Type
- Health
- Enforcement Agency
- Health and Human Services
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 2/16/2016