DOJ Blames Pfizer Management for Bextra Mess: "The Goal Was to Avoid Getting Caught"

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The Department of Justice blamed Pfizer 's management for the $2.3 billion Bextra settlement by creating a "corporate culture" in which off-label promotion was encouraged, and where not going along was regarded as a "CLM" or career-limiting move.

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