In United States ex rel. Kieff and LaCorte v. Wyeth and Pfizer, Inc.

Obtained a settlement of $784.6 million representing one of two whistleblowers who alleged that the drug manufacturers Wyeth and Pfizer had defrauded the Medicaid program in connection with the sale of the drug Protonix.

Wyeth and Pfizer had given deep discounts to hospitals purchasing Protonix but failed to report these discounts to the government. By doing so, they violated Medicaid’s best price rule.

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