Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agrees

Unknown 2009 Independent Pharmacies

OIG Healthcare Fraud

Penalty

$490.9 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agrees for healthcare fraud. Penalty: $490.9 million.

Details

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agrees — OIG Enforcement (2009)

OIG took enforcement action against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agrees in 2009 involving healthcare fraud violations in the Independent Pharmacies sector.

Penalty: $490.9 million

Violation types: Healthcare Fraud
Entity type: Pharmacy
Penalty type: Criminal

Source: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $490.9 Million for Marketing the Prescription Drug Rapamune for Unapproved Uses

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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 Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $490.9 Million for Marketing the Prescription Drug Rapamune for Unapproved Uses

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