Posted on Dec 29, 2010
Drug companies have surpassed defense contractors in defrauding the federal government and, as a result, paying back monies fraudulently obtained and paying criminal penalties. This reports the New York Times healthcare blog, Prescriptions, "Drug Makers New Targets for U.S. Fraud Inquiries, Report Says" according to a report from Public Citizen's Health Research Group, "Rapidly Increasing Criminal and Civil Monetary Penalties Against the Pharmaceutical Industry: 1991 to 2010."