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Company: SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Current Parent Company: GSK plc
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: April 13, 2005
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: SmithKline Beecham agreed to pay $10 million to settle multistate litigation alleging it obtained a patent on nabumetone through fraud on the United States Patent and Trademark Office and that it excluded generic competition for its product Relafen through sham patent litigation.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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