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U.S. states say Wyeth failed to pay rebates

BOSTON (Reuters) – A coalition of 15 U.S. states filed a complaint in federal court charging that drugmaker Wyeth avoided paying millions of dollars of rebates to state Medicaid programs that had purchased its Protonix drugs, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Monday. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, charges the company [...]

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U.S. states join Medicaid suits against Wyeth

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it and 16 states had joined two whistleblower lawsuits filed against Wyeth which allege the drugmaker failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in rebates to Medicaid. The lawsuits accuse Wyeth of giving hospitals steep discounts on the drugs Protonix Oral and Protonix IV, [...]

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