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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 22, 2011

Drug Company at Center of Massive Suit

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. could be the first of many state and private lawsuits against drug and medical device companies.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lakers tickets and samba lessons are just a few of the alleged perks paid to physicians that have landed a major drug maker in the center of the largest health insurance fraud case ever pursued by a California state agency.


California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced last week the state's intervention in a whistle-blower lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. tha...

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