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U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Pfizer For Drug Marketing

September 23, 2010
The Wall Street Journal: "The Justice Department is trying to take the lead in a lawsuit accusing Pfizer Inc.'s Wyeth unit of improperly promoting an organ-transplant drug for unauthorized uses and paying illegal kickbacks to doctors. The lawsuit was filed by two former Wyeth sales representatives who were responsible for ...

Whistleblower Lawyers Comment on New England Journal of Medicine Study

May 12, 2010
WASHINGTON , May 12 /- The New England Journal of Medicine today released a study entitled, "Whistle-blower Experiences in Fraud Litigation Against Pharmaceutical Companies." Some of the whistleblower cases discussed in the report were brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP, a law firm with offices in ...

Whistleblower Doctor Comments on His Case that Helped Expose Illegal Marketing of Topamax

April 29, 2010
Doctor is one of few physicians to blow whistle on pharma industry WASHINGTON , April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ...

AstraZeneca Pays $520 Million to Settle Seroquel Whistleblower Claims

April 28, 2010
Kenney & McCafferty Represent Whistleblower Dr. Stefan Kruszewski (PRWEB) April 28, 2010 -- AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $520 million in civil fines, ...

IRS Whistleblower Office Makes Good Again: Kenney & McCafferty Whistleblowers Receive Full Reward

March 25, 2010
IRS Whistleblower Office issues a substantial reward to two whistleblowers whose information lead to the successful investigation, indictment, and sentencing of a Dallas businessman on three counts of failing to file an income tax return. ...

Whistleblower Kickback Case Against Alpharma Results In $42.5 Million Recovery for U.S. and States

March 17, 2010
WASHINGTON , March 17 /- Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to the federal government and certain states to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that exposed an alleged kickback scheme by the pharmaceutical company to boost its sales of Kadian, a prescription painkiller....

Minimally invasive surgical ablation for AFib: Unapproved, warns whistleblower

March 12, 2010
As reported in today's Wall Street Journal, the more than 2 million Americans with atrial fibrillation are now on notice that the over-zealous marketing tactics and incentives by manufacturers of expensive medical devices which are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of atrial ...

Whistleblower Alerts Americans to Dangers of Risky Unapproved Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON , March 11 /- As reported in today's Wall Street Journal, the more than 2 million Americans with atrial fibrillation are now on notice that the over-zealous marketing tactics and incentives by manufacturers of expensive medical devices which are not approved by the ...

Prominent New York City Real Estate Investor, Attorney and Atlanta Nursing Home Chains Pay $14 Million to Settle Whistleblower Kickback Case

February 26, 2010
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Pfizer Whistleblower Named Year’s Most Influential Person In Business Ethics

December 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John Kopchinski, the whistleblower whom Phillips & Cohen LLP represented in a successful, record-setting "qui tam" case against Pfizer Inc. , has been named as the most influential person in business ethics for 2009. Ethisphere, a think ...

Pierre S. Freeman Adds Book AMORC Unmasked! To his Arsenal of Whistleblower Weapons Aimed at Rosicrucian Order

November 13, 2009
Freeman Confronts Critics with Incredulous Claims and Practices of Mind Control Cult. Inspired by numerous responses to his first book, The Prisoner of San Jose, Pierre S. Freeman releases second book, AMORC Unmasked! This book goes into greater depth, exposing the hidden mind control practices of the Ancient and Mystic ...

Omnicare Pays Nearly $100 Million to Resolve Medicaid Fraud Charges: Second Omnicare Settlement With Chicago Whistleblower Pharmacist

November 3, 2009
Omnicare, Inc., which calls itself "the nation's leading provider of pharmaceutical care for seniors," paid $98 million to settle Medicaid fraud charges involving various kickback schemes. Among other claims, the government alleged that Omnicare had committed Medicaid fraud by taking payments from pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson to induce pha... ...