Monday, November 4, 2013

No More Tears,Just Write The Check Now.

Johnson and Johnson huh?




It seems they are just as crooked as the rest of those international conglomerate sonsabitches.


Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion to settle health care fraud allegations

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, November 4, 2013 12:46 EST





Global health-care giant Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $2.2 billion to settle allegations that it misrepresented drugs and used kickbacks to promote their sales, the Justice Department said Monday.

In one of the largest health-care fraud settlements in US history, J&J’s criminal and civil fine covers allegations the company promoted Risperdal and other prescription drugs for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the department said.

The settlement further covers kickbacks J&J allegedly paid to physicians and pharmacies for prescribing and promoting those drugs.

“This global settlement resolves multiple investigations involving the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega — as well as the heart drug Natrecor and other Johnson & Johnson products,” Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.

“The settlement also addresses allegations of conduct that recklessly put at risk the health of some of the most vulnerable members of our society — including young children, the elderly, and the disabled.”

J&J is to pay $485 million in criminal fines and forfeiture and a total of $1.72 billion in civil settlements with the federal government and states.

Miserable bastards. Just keep reminding yourself over and over;

Corporations are people too.



You also might want to get a big tube of one of their more popular products while you are at it, you're gonna need it.

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