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Pfizer whistleblower wins 2009 honor for business ethics
An ethics think tank has named John Kopchinski, a Pfizer Inc. whistleblower, as 2009's most influential person in business ethics. Comment?
Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos
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. Comment?
Well, well, well: the Medical Industry
A conversation with a friend last weekend about pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's unethical behaviour threw me a little. Comment?
Pfizer's huge fine: A disturbing trend
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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. Comment?
Cracking down on corporate pill-pushers
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. Comment?
Big Pharma's illegal marketing practices
Collectively, Pfizer, Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. have spent approximately $3.7 billion in settlements this year alone for illegally marketing practices. 4 comments
But because they are corporations, they cannot go to prison
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. Comment?
Pfizer To Limit St. Louis Operations, 600 Layoffs Expected
Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations. Comment?
Pfizer Sells St. Louis Operation to Monsanto; 600 Layoffs Expected
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Pfizer is selling it's St. Louis operations at the Chesterfield Village Research Center to Monsanto Company for $435 million. Comment?
Monsanto Buys Pfizer Chesterfield Campus
The agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto is buying the world's largest drug company's research center in Chesterfield. Comment?
Pfizer Subsidiary Agrees To Pay $2.3 Billion In Fines
A subsidiary of Pfizer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally promoting the painkiller Bextra. Comment?
Pfizer hit with record $2.3bn fine for marketing
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. Comment?
Attorney general calls his justice agenda ambitious
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. Comment?
Pharma Seeks Cure For Off-Label Woes - Yahoo! Finance
There's a chance your doctor will prescribe a drug approved for a related or even different disease. Comment?
Court Imposes Record Fine for Fraudulent Marketing of Bextra
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. Comment?
Pharmacia & Upjohn sentenced in illegal promotion of pain killer Bextra
A subsidiary of Pfizer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally promoting the pain killer Bextra. Comment?
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 . Comment?
Pfizer Unit Handed Record Fine In Drug Misbranding
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. Comment?
Pfizer unit sentenced, fined in Bextra case
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. Comment?
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. Comment?