Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a civil action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline for wrongfully and illegally marketing, pricing, promoting and selling its diabetes medication, according to a news release from the office of the AG.
Rosiglitazone maleate, the diabetes medication, was allegedly marketed under the trade names Avandia, Avandamet and Avandaryl — violating the state’s Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law and Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protections Law, among others.
The suit claims Louisiana’s Medicaid program paid GSK approximately $36,126,560 for fraudulently induced Avandia reimbursements. The suit seeks civil fines, civil penalties, restitution and other monetary relief.
In Oct. 2010, GSK agreed to pay $750 million to settle allegations that it manufactured and sold contaminated drugs to Medicaid and other government health programs.
Read the release on Louisiana’s Attorney General and GlaxoSmithKline.
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