AstraZeneca PLC Asks Court Not to Revive Whistle-Blower Suit

AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY:US) urged a Philadelphia federal appeals court not to revive a 10-year-old lawsuit alleging the drugmakers paid kickbacks to benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. A lower court in January dismissed the whistle-blower case brought by Karl Schumann, a former Medco employee, ruling that his allegations were based on public information and he failed to show he had direct and independent knowledge of a scheme. Schumann simply sat in meetings, the companies said, calling his lawsuit “parasitic” in court filings.

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