Pharmacia Corporation Subsidiaries Reach $34.7 Million Settlement with DOJ; Resolve Allegations of Improper Activities Prior to Acquisition by Pfizer Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer announced today that two subsidiaries of Pharmacia have reached separate settlements with the United States Department of Justice to address charges stemming from the off-label marketing of Genotropin — a human growth hormone medicine — and the inappropriate use of a vendor contract to increase the sales of other Pharmacia medicines. Both settlements cover activities that occurred at Pharmacia before that company was acquired by Pfizer in 2003. The subsidiaries have agreed to pay fines totaling $34.7 million.
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