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Company: Barr Laboratories, Inc. and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
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Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2007
Date: October 5, 2007
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Barr Laboratories and Duramed Pharmceuticals, subsidiaries of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., agreed to pay $2 mllion in settlement of alleged improper reporting of the average wholesale price of its drugs, causing Medicaid to pay inflated amounts.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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