Settlement with gov’t totals $234 million; $42.8M settlement (relator)

In 2018, the whistleblower brought a qui tam case against drug-maker Mallinckrodt under the False Claims Act. The whistleblower alleged that Mallinckrodt had cheated the Medicaid program by knowingly reporting an incorrect base date Average Manufacturer Price for the medication Acthar. Mallinckrodt should have been paying higher rebates because the company had increased Acthar’s price from ...

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