 Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to pay $3bn ( £1.9bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history. The drug giant is to plead guilty to promoting two drugs for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a diabetes drug to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The settlement will cover criminal fines as well as civil settlements with the federal and state governments. The case concerns the drugs Paxil, Wellbutrin and Avandia. Deputy US Attorney General James Cole told a news conference in Washington DC that the settlement was "unprecedented in both size and scope". |
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