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Perspective

Jul. 26, 2012

GSK pays largest ever health care fraud settlement

It is a record that nobody wants to hold: this month GlaxoSmithKline became the latest entrant into the "billion dollar" fine club. By Ann Marie Mortimer of Hunton & Williams LLP


By Ann Marie Mortimer


It is a record that nobody wants to hold: this month GlaxoSmithKline became the latest pharma entrant into the "billion dollar" fine club, and party to the largest ever health care fraud settlement in history. In a settlement with the Department of Justice first announced in November and finalized this month, the British health care giant agreed to pay $3 billion in fines to settle criminal and civil whistleblower claims, including...

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