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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
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Lemtrada False Claims and Kickbacks
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. agreed to pay $11.85 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to Medicare patients prescribed the multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada through a purportedly independent charitable foundation, The Assistance Fund (TAF). Sanofi also entered into a corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. The government alleged that Sanofi made payments to TAF in 2015 and 2016 not with a charitable purpose but rather with the intention of using TAF as a conduit to pay the financial obligations, including Medicare co-pay obligations, of patients taking Lemtrada, and that those payments violated the Anti-Kickback Statute.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Multiple Agencies
- Contracting Party
- Health and Human Services
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 2/28/2020