Drug companies to pay $345 million settlement

Thursday, April 17, 2003

BOSTON -- In the largest-ever settlement involving Medicaid fraud, drug giants Bayer AG and GlaxoSmithKline agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $345 million to settle claims they used a labeling scheme to overcharge the government insurance program for the poor.

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