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King Pharmaceuticals Settles and One Columnist Writes that Such ...

Health Care Renewal  Sat, 03/20/2010 - 15:46

Here we go again.  The latest settlement in the parade was made by the Alpharma subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals, as reported by Reuters:

Alpharma Inc, a unit of King Pharmaceuticals (KG.N), has agreed to pay $42.5 million to resolve allegations that it gave kickbacks to doctors to prescribe the pain drug Kadian and misrepresented its safety and effectiveness, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.