Abbott settles Texas AWP suit
Executive Summary
Abbott agreed to pay the state of Texas approximately $18 million in damages and $10 million in attorney's fees and costs to settle claims it inflated the average wholesale price of prescription drugs purchased by the state's Medicaid program. The Texas Attorney General has reached similar settlements with several other companies, including a $27 million settlement with Schering and Warrick in 2004 and a $10 million deal with Boehringer Ingelheim and Roxane Labs in 2005. Additional actions are pending against several other companies, including Barr and Watson
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