In the wake of GlaxoSmithKline’s announcement that the London-based company will pay the U.S. government $3 billion to settle civil and criminal charges over the illegal marketing of Avandia, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe is now pushing for the resolution of all remaining patient lawsuits over the medication. To that end, Judge Rufe this week [...]
Glaxo Pays U.S. $3 Billion to Settle Criminal and Civil Investigations
November 8, 2011 By
GlaxoSmithKline is the latest pharmaceutical company to reach a settlement agreement with federal prosecutors over the illegal marketing practices associated with several of its products. The company has agreed to pay the U.S. government $3 billion in order to settle civil and criminal investigations into the sales of a number of their drugs. One of [...]