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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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U.S. ex rel. Gohil v. Sanofi-Aventis (Taxotere False Claims)
Yoash Gohil, who worked as an oncology sales representative for Aventis Pharmaceuticals, alleges the company engaged in a fraudulent marketing scheme involving its chemotherapy drug Taxotere between 1996 and 2004. Gohil claims Aventis directed its sales force to misrepresent the safety and effectiveness of Taxotere in order to expand the market share for the drug beyond its approved uses, and that Aventis engaged in a kickback scheme to incentivize physicians to prescribe Taxotere.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- Health and Human Services
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Pending
- Date of Third Amended Complaint
- 5/13/2015
