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Biogen to pay $22 million to resolve U.S. drug charity kickback probe

Allegations, Biogen, Blockbusters, Co-Payments, Kickbacks, Medicare, Multiple Sclerosis, Patient Assistance Charities, Probes, Therapeutics, U.S. Justice Department, United States

Biogen Inc. agreed to pay $22 million to resolve U.S. allegations that the company illegally used two charities that help cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs as a means to pay them kickbacks to use the Cambridge, Mass-based drugmaker’s multiple sclerosis medicines.

December 17, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys

Pharmacy to pay $3.5 million to resolve U.S. claims it helped Teva pay kickbacks

Allegations, Business, Kickbacks, Medicare, Patient Assistance Charities, Settlements, Specialty Pharmacies, U.S. government, U.S. Justice Department

Advanced Care Scripts Inc. will pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that the Florida-based specialty pharmacy served as a conduit for a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. subsidiary to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients, the U.S. Justice Department said.

August 13, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys