Pfizer will pay $ 59.7 million as part of a peaceful agreement of the charges towards Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, which it acquired in 2022 for $ 11.5 billion. They are more often than others recommended to patients a drug for the migraine of the caregiver. And thus deceive Medicare specialists and other health programs.
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The Ministry of Justice said that from the documents of the case it really follows that in some programs (seminars, conferences, exits) the same doctors were present several times, which “did not bring any educational benefit.” This indirectly proves the presence of “bribes”, writes Reuters.
After the purchase of Biohaven, Pfizer has arrested Nurtec sponsorship programs. But officially did not recognize the violation by accepting a conciliation agreement.
In it, the initiator of the demand Patricia Frattasio, former specialist in sales in the field of neurobiology in Biohaven, will receive around $ 8.4 million, around $ 41.8 million will go to the federal government and $ 9.5 million – Medical State Programs.
“We are happy that this problem with inheritance is left behind, and now we can focus on the needs of patients,” said the New York Pharmaceutical Company.
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