Article: $425 Million Cephalon Civil Settlement and Criminal Fine; In America's Largest Biotechnology Medicaid Fraud Case; Qui Tam Whistleblower Attorney Brian P. Kenney, Esq. Filed First Complaint With Client's Off-Label Marketing Allegations In 2003; Additional Complaints Were Filed; $375 Million Civil Settlement, $50 Million Corporate Criminal Fine Today.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotech drug manufacturer Cephalon, Inc. ("Cephalon") flouted federal regulations on a grand scale for years by off-label marketing its first three prescription drugs far beyond the cancer pain, epilepsy and narcolepsy specialists for whose patients those drugs had been FDA-approved. Instead, Cephalon focused its national marketing muscle on unapproved uses, targeting medical specialists with bigger patient populations, according to a Complaint filed in 2003 by Philadelphia qui tam whistleblower attorney Brian P. Kenney, Esq. The complaint was unsealed today with Cephalon's $375 million nationwide Medicaid fraud settlement and $50 ...

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