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• Philips Respironics Settlement Results in $24.8M Payment To Resolve Kickback Claims

  September 13, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The DOJ has reached a settlement agreement requiring Philips Respironics to pay more than $24 million to resolve illegal kickback allegations.

• Bayer Whistleblower Settlement Over Trasylol, Avelox and Baycol Results in $40 Million Payment

  September 7, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer has agreed to pay $40 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit which accused it of kickback schemes and off-label marketing of the drugs Avelox, Baycol and Trasylol.

• Acthar Settlement Results in $260M Payment to Resolve DOJ Fraud and Illegal Kickback Allegations

  March 9, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Mallinckrodt will pay $260 million to resolve illegal Medicaid fraud and kickback claims brought against it by whistleblowers and the federal government over its marketing of Acthar gel.

• NHTSA Whistleblower Settlement Results In $24M Payment For Uncovering Kia, Hyundai Safety Violations

  November 10, 2021

  Russell Maas

  The NHTSA has handed out its first whistleblower compensation to an employee who revealed safety violations by Hyundai and Kia, leading to millions of vehicles being recalled due to engine fire risks.

• St. Jude Settles Justice Dept Charges Over ICD Battery Problems With $27M Payment

  July 20, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  St. Jude will pay the Justice Department $27 million to settle a whistleblower claim that it lied to the FDA about the safety of several of its implantable defibrillators, which resulted in patient deaths and a recall.

• DOJ Recovered More Than $2.8 Billion Under False Claims, Whistleblower Acts In 2018

  January 16, 2019

  Russell Maas

  The Justice Department says it recovered nearly $3 billion in fraud claims last year, mostly from healthcare fraud, thanks in large part to whistleblowers.

• Illegal Marketing of Relieva Stratus MicroFlow Spacer Results in $18M Settlement by J&J Unit

  July 27, 2016

  Russell Maas

  A whistleblower lawsuit has resulted in Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Acclarent paying $18 million to settle federal claims that it illegally marketed a drug delivery system without FDA approval.

• Protonix Settlement to Result in $784.6M Payment by Pfizer in Medicare Fraud Case

  April 28, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A False Claims Act lawsuit against Wyeth, a unit of Pfizer, over Protonix discounts it failed to disclose, has resulted in a $784.6 million settlement.

• J&J Risperdal Whistleblower Made Millions in Settlement

  December 23, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A whistleblower who wore a wire to help investigators discover Johnson & Johnson's illegal Risperdal marketing will be awarded nearly $30 million.

• Whistleblower Payment to Top $165M in Johnson & Johnson Settlement

  November 8, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  The government will share $168 million of the $2.2 billion it collected from Johnson & Johnson over illegal marketing of Risperdal with whistleblowers who clued the government in on the company's allegedly illegal activities.