Express Scripts Inc. Shells Out $60 Million to Settle Novartis AG Kickback Scheme

May 1 (Reuters) - A unit of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co will pay $45 million to resolve U.S. claims it participated in a kickback scheme with Novartis AG to boost sales of a drug that led to improper government reimbursements.

The settlement with specialty pharmacy Accredo Health Group Inc was disclosed in court papers filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, as the U.S. Justice Department moved to further intervene in a whistleblower case against Novartis .

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