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Pfizer fined $2.3B

Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

  • The largest health care fraud settlement in Department of Justice history;
  • The largest criminal fine of any kind imposed in the U.S.;
  • The largest ever civil fraud settlement against a pharmaceutical company.

More recently, the question was asked, “Why should we trust this company?”

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