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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Genzyme Corp.
Current Parent CompanySanofi
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Penalty: $22,280,000
Year: 2013
Date: December 20, 2013
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Genzyme Corp. agreed to pay $22.28 million to a group of states and the federal government to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted to government health care programs for use of a slurry version of its Seprafilm adhesion barrier. The settlement was also announced by the Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: France
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.