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  1. Pfizer whistleblower wins 2009 honor for business ethicsRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | The Day

    An ethics think tank has named John Kopchinski, a Pfizer Inc. whistleblower, as 2009's most influential person in business ethics.

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  2. Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promosRead the original story

    Sep 2, 2009 | Beyond this Box

    Announcing the penalty as a warning to all drug manufacturers, Justice Department officials said the overall settlement is the largest ever paid by a drug company for alleged violations of federal drug rules, and the $1.2 billion criminal fine is the largest ever in any U.S. criminal case.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Healthcare Law

  3. Well, well, well: the Medical Industry

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Vue Weekly

    A conversation with a friend last weekend about pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's unethical behaviour threw me a little.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

  4. Pfizer's huge fine: A disturbing trendRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 3, 2009 | Salon.com

    It's a record settlement that included the highest fine charged in U.S. history and came as the result of a lengthy Department of Justice investigation into healthcare fraud.

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  5. Cracking down on corporate pill-pushersRead the original story

    Nov 15, 2009 | Edmonton Journal

    Prosecutor Michael Loucks remembers clearly when lawyers for Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug company, looked across the table and promised it wouldn't break the law again.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration, Marketing, Medication, Bristol Myers Squibb

  6. Big Pharma's illegal marketing practices

    Nov 9, 2009 | Examiner.com

    Collectively, Pfizer, Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. have spent approximately $3.7 billion in settlements this year alone for illegally marketing practices. 4 comments

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  7. But because they are corporations, they cannot go to prisonRead the original story

    Nov 13, 2009 | Prometheus 6

    New York-based Pfizer agreed to pay $430 million in criminal fines and civil penalties, and the companya s lawyers assured Loucks and three other prosecutors that Pfizer and its units would stop promoting drugs for unauthorized purposes.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Marketing, Medication

  8. Pfizer To Limit St. Louis Operations, 600 Layoffs ExpectedRead the original story

    Nov 9, 2009 | MyFox St. Louis

    Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

  9. Pfizer Sells St. Louis Operation to Monsanto; 600 Layoffs ExpectedRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 9, 2009 | KTVI - Fox2Now.com

    Pfizer is selling it's St. Louis operations at the Chesterfield Village Research Center to Monsanto Company for $435 million.

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    Related Topix: Monsanto, Chemicals

  10. Monsanto Buys Pfizer Chesterfield Campus

    Nov 9, 2009 | KPLR-11

    The agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto is buying the world's largest drug company's research center in Chesterfield.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication

  11. Pfizer Subsidiary Agrees To Pay $2.3 Billion In FinesRead the original story

    Oct 17, 2009 | WTIC-TV Hartford

    A subsidiary of Pfizer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally promoting the painkiller Bextra.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication

  12. Pfizer hit with record $2.3bn fine for marketing

    Nov 9, 2009 | Brand Republic

    Drug manufacturer Pfizer has been hit with the largest criminal fine in US history after it was found guilty of illegal marketing its painkiller Bextra.

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    Related Topix: Marketing, Medicine

  13. Attorney general calls his justice agenda ambitiousRead the original story

    Nov 1, 2009 | Statesman Journal

    John Kroger said he is busy in his first 10 months as attorney general trying to keep campaign promises to step up enforcement of consumer and environmental protection, and to redirect the criminal justice system.

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  14. Pharma Seeks Cure For Off-Label Woes - Yahoo! Finance

    Oct 26, 2009 | PharmaGossip

    There's a chance your doctor will prescribe a drug approved for a related or even different disease.

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    Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, University of Southern California, Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Marketing, Allergan

  15. Court Imposes Record Fine for Fraudulent Marketing of BextraRead the original story

    Oct 23, 2009 | American Chronicle

    PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY, INC., a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc today was sentenced today in federal court for a felony violation of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, for misbranding the drug, Bextra, with the intent to defraud or mislead.

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  16. Pharmacia & Upjohn sentenced in illegal promotion of pain killer BextraRead the original story

    Oct 21, 2009 | WNOL-TV New Orleans

    A subsidiary of Pfizer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally promoting the pain killer Bextra.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

  17. Pfizer's Big PenaltyRead the original story

    Oct 19, 2009 | Zacks Analyst Blog

    Analyst Report ) and Wyeth, a U.S. court imposed a huge fine on the company's subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn for fraudulent marketing of its painkiller Bextra .

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Marketing, Health, Pain, Arthritis

  18. Pfizer Unit Handed Record Fine In Drug MisbrandingRead the original story

    Oct 16, 2009 | Fox News

    Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. , was sentenced to pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the United States, the Department of Justice said late Friday.

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  19. Pfizer unit sentenced, fined in Bextra caseRead the original story

    Oct 17, 2009 | Boston.com

    A subsidiary of Pfizer formally agreed to pay a $1.195 billion fine at its sentencing yesterday after pleading guilty to illegally promoting the pain killer Bextra.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Medication, Healthcare Industry

  20. Business news briefsRead the original story

    Oct 17, 2009 | Lansing State Journal

    WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit has surged to an all-time high of $1.42 trillion as the recession caused tax revenue to plunge while the government was spending massive amounts to stabilize the financial system and jump-start the economy.

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