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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 03 > Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for illegal drug promos

Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for illegal drug promos

By Devlin Barrett / The Bulletin
September 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world’s largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages and resort junkets.

Announcing the penalty as a....

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