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The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.
Pharmaceutical company Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis), based in East Hanover, New Jersey, has agreed to pay over $642 million in separate settlements resolving claims that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA). The first settlement pertains to the company’s alleged illegal use of three foundations as conduits to pay the copayments of Medicare patients taking Novartis’s drugs Gilenya and Afinitor. The second settlement resolves claims arising from the company’s alleged payments of kickbacks to doctors.
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB Serving New Jersey
- BBB File Opened:
- 7/21/2004
- Business Started:
- 1/1/1966
- Business Started Locally:
- 1/1/1966
- Business Management:
- Charna Gerstenhaber, Vice President
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Charna Gerstenhaber, Vice President
- Customer Contacts
- Charna Gerstenhaber, Vice President
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- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Ophthalmology
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