Vermont to get $3.8 million from drug maker
Post Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:56:01 -0700
"This case should send a message to other pharmaceutical companies that the government will not tolerate rebate avoidance through creative interpretation of rules that advance their drug marketing programs." The state of Vermont will get $3.9 million under a health care fraud settlement in which drug maker Merck & Co. via TheBostonChannel ...
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