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Company: American Home Products
Current Parent Company: Pfizer
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Penalty: $3,750,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: January 3, 2002
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Secondary Offense: product safety violation
Mega-Scandal: Pharmaceutical Hazards
Violation Description: In January 2002 American Home Products announced that it had finalized a $3.75 billion settlement of multi-district litigation concerning alleged harms caused by its diet drug combination known as fen-phen: (click here).
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: MDL No. 1203
Case Name: IN RE: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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