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Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion to Resolve Criminal & Civil Investigations of Off-label Promotion of Depakote
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What the document holds
DOJ press release (7 May 2012), Abbott $1.5 billion over Depakote: criminal fine $500 million, forfeiture $198.5 million, $1.5 million to Virginia MFCU; civil settlements $800 million (federal $560,851,357, states $239,148,643) resolving four qui tam suits in W.D. Va.; whistleblowers receive $84 million; CIA; HEAT: FCA recoveries since January 2009 (more than $7.4 billion health care; over $10.2 billion total) and $3.9 billion FDCA criminal fines etc. (not FCA, not recorded). Already in the data: 1 case. Added: 2 cumulative FCA recovery observations.
What it supports
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Numbers (2)
- Total recoveriesCategory: HealthcareLimit: USD 7.4 billion2009-01/2012-05-07 · US Justice Dept 2012Final figureUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
- Total recoveriesLimit: USD 10.2 billion2009-01/2012-05-07 · US Justice Dept 2012Final figureUnited States · False Claims Act qui tam provisions
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What it covers Settlement announcement incl. federal share and (where stated) the relator share.
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