United States of America, ex rel. Susan Vierczhalek, M.D. et al v. MedImmune, Inc.

  1. October 01, 2018

    Doctor's Duplicative FCA Suit Against MedImmune Dismissed

    A New York federal judge has dismissed a pediatrician's kickback claims against MedImmune Inc., saying she couldn't allege False Claims Act violations that were a "virtual copy" of those first made by the state of New York.

  2. January 23, 2018

    Patient Info Not A Kickback, MedImmune Says In Fraud Suit

    An AstraZeneca unit facing kickback allegations over the infant respiratory drug Synagis told a New York federal court Monday that the patient information it provided to a Walgreens-owned home health care company doesn't count as an illegal kickback meant to boost Medicaid billings.

  3. April 03, 2017

    NY Goes After MedImmune In Kickback Scheme Suit

    The AstraZeneca subsidiary MedImmune ripped off the government by teaming up with a specialty pharmacy to aggressively pursue sensitive patient information and increase sales of the infant lung drug Synagis, the New York attorney general told a federal court in the state Friday.

  4. July 10, 2015

    Walgreen Puts Up $22.4M To End NY Medicaid Billing Probe

    The New York Attorney General announced Friday that Walgreen Co. will pay $22.4 million to end an investigation spurred on by a whistleblower complaint that a company subsidiary was charging Medicaid for an expensive but unnecessary pediatric drug.