(Full Report) Rapidly Increasing Criminal and Civil Penalties Against the Pharmaceutical Industry: 1991-2010

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http://www.citizen.org/documents/rapidlyincreasingcriminalandcivilpenalties.pdf

" Violations Are Increasing In general, the

amount of money paid out by pharmaceutical companies in response to

government action against their illegal activities is increasing at both

the federal and state levels. The past five years have seen the sharpest

rise in both number of settlements and total financial penalties.

Although it is not precisely clear why such a dramatic increase has

occurred, it is likely attributable to a combination of increased

pharmaceutical company violations and increased enforcement activities.

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enforcement on the part of federal and state governments. Despite

increased government enforcement, illegal pharmaceutical company

activities continue to endanger public safety and rob the government of

increasingly scarce state and federal resources. These offenses require a

more robust response. Givsmall size of current financial penalties

relative to these companies’ profits, we believe that both significantly

increased financial penalties and criminal prosecution-including jail- of

company leadership would provide a more edeterrent to this unlawful

behavior.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

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