Wyeth and Pfizer

NJ 2009 Independent Pharmacies

OIG Healthcare Fraud

Penalty

$784.6 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Wyeth and Pfizer for healthcare fraud. Penalty: $784.6 million.

Details

Wyeth and Pfizer — OIG Enforcement (2009)

OIG took enforcement action against Wyeth and Pfizer in NJ in 2009 involving healthcare fraud violations in the Independent Pharmacies sector.

Penalty: $784.6 million

Violation types: Healthcare Fraud
Entity type: Pharmacy
Penalty type: Settlement
Location: NJ

Source: Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid

How Crucible Prevents This

Crucible's compliance monitoring controls for Independent Pharmacies would have detected the patterns underlying this violation through automated screening, documentation enforcement, and real-time alert escalation.

Source: Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid

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