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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR MASSACHUSETTS ON NOV. 3 NATION'S LARGEST NURSING HOME PHARMACY, PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER PAY $112 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- November 7, 2009
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BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for Massachusetts issued the following press release:
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks and Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Division announced today the Government has reached settlements of $98 million with Omnicare, Inc. ("Omnicare"), of Covington, Kentucky, and $14 million with IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("IVAX), of Weston, Florida, to resolve the allegations of multiple whistleblowers that Omnicare engaged in kickback schemes with several parties, including IVAX. At the same time, the United States announced the unsealing of its Complaint against two ...