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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
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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Mumps Vaccine False Claims
A False Claims Act lawsuit alleges Merck fabricated data to induce the federal government to purchase a mumps vaccine. Stephen Krahling and Joan Wlochowski, who worked as virologists in a Merck lab, accuse Merck of causing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for a vaccine that does not provide adequate immunization. They allege that Merck defrauded the CDC for more than a decade by faking a vaccine efficacy rate of 95 percent when the real rate was significantly lower.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- Health and Human Services
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Pending
- Date of Original Complaint
- 8/27/2010
