Sanofi-aventis will pay $95.5M to settle federal claim - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million to settle a federal civil claim that a predecessor companyu skirtedMedicaid requirements, the company and the said The company said in a release that it admitted no wrongdoinbg through the settlement. The Justic e Department had accused of underpaying drug rebates it was required to pay into Medicaid between 1995and 2000, according to a separated Justice Department news release. Aventis Pharmaceuticalsw allegedly partnered with HMOs Kaisetr Permanente Medical Care Program and an affiliates to repackagethe steroid-based anti-inflammatory nasalk sprays Azmacort, Nasacort and Nasacort AQ.
In doin g so, the Justice Departmen alleged, Aventis Pharmaceuticals did not accuratelty represent the price ofthe products, enabling it to avoid payinvg millions of dollars in rebates. According to the Justic e Department, $49 million of the settlement will be paid to thefederal government. More than $40 milliojn will be paid to states, though it was not immediatelyu clear which states would receivethe money. The remaining $6 millionh will go to publix health providers. Sanofi-aventis termed it an fund available to stated wishing to settle claims similar to thoss of theJustice Department. Sanofi-aventis SNY) is based in Bridgewater, N.J.
According to the company’s Web the Kansas City facility “isd one of the company’s primaryg manufacturing sites.” A company spokeswoman couldn’t immediatelhy be reached for comment.