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Merck To Appeal $4.6M Verdict In Massachusetts Fraud Case
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

TRENTON, N.J. - (AP) Drugmaker Merck & Co. plans to appeal a federal court verdict that a former subsidiary caused the commonwealth of Massachusetts to overpay pharmacists for a widely used asthma medication, the company said Thursday. After a three... Read More

Tags: bronchitis , pharmacists , Massachusetts , drugmaker , Patti Saris , inhalers , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , Schering-Plough Corp. , compensatory damages , Warrick Pharmaceuticals , Medicaid , Merck , albuterol , Litigation , lawsuit , asthma , asthma medication

Jury Orders Warrick To Pay State $4.5M For Inflated Albuterol Prices
Posted on 1 Oct 2010 by Tom Moylan

BOSTON - (Mealey's) A Massachusetts federal jury on Oct. 1 ordered a defunct Merck & Co. Inc. subsidiary, Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp., to pay $4,563,328 for causing the state to pay inflated prices for the asthma drug albuterol ( Commonwealth... Read More

Tags: False Claims Act , Massachusetts , Medicaid Rebate Agreement , compensatory damages , Warrick Pharmaceuticals , Medicaid , Medicaid Rebate Statute , Merck , albuterol , Litigation , lawsuit , Mylan Laboratories , Schering-Plough , Medicaid False Claims Act , Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mylan Laboratories