List of criminal history of big pharma:
Pharma Fined 14 Billion Dollars in 5 Years
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/bigpharma
“From 1991 through 2015, a total of 373 settlements were reached between the federal and state governments and pharmaceutical manufacturers, for a total of $35.7 billion. Of these, 140 were federal settlements, for $31.9 billion, and 233 were state settlements, for $3.8 billion.”
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/migration/2311.pdf
Purdue OxyContin settlement would rank among largest in pharma history
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...among-largest-in-pharma-history-idUSKCN1VW2KL
Opioid Scandal Haunts Drug Companies As They Respond To Pandemic
https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...ts-drug-companies-as-they-respond-to-pandemic
Iraq war victims allege pharmaceutical companies' bribery led to U.S. troop deaths
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...anies-bribery-led-u-s-troop-deaths/771290001/
AstraZeneca
Drug Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million to Settle Fraud Case
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Hea...ting-seroquel-schizophrenia/story?id=10488647
AstraZeneca takes $6m hit after 'faking conferences' to bribe doctors
https://www.standard.co.uk/business...ng-conferences-to-bribe-doctors-a3333166.html
Johnson & Johnson
Court Documents: Johnson & Johnson Was ‘Kingpin’ In Opioid Epidemic And Targeted Children, Elderly With Marketing
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/co...and-targeted-children-elderly-with-marketing/
Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion to end U.S. drug probes
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...nd-u-s-marketing-probes-idUSBRE9A30MM20131104
”…the company (J&J) knew there was asbestos in products aimed at mothers and babies, knew of the potential harm and “misrepresented the safety of these products for decades.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/johnson-johnson-asks-high-court-void-2b-talc-77997067
$750 million: Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay in baby powder case
https://www.daytondailynews.com/new...-pay-baby-powder-case/UXrlMgzhabcri6eym3bsGP/
Johnson & Johnson to pay $572m for fueling Oklahoma opioid crisis, judge rules
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-crisis-ruling-responsibility-oklahoma-latest
Johnson & Johnson settles Ohio lawsuits to avoid federal trial
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-opioid-ohio-idUSKBN1WH00F
J&J unit to pay $360 million to U.S. to resolve charity kickback probe
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-settlement-idUSKBN1O51XB
Pfizer
Pfizer accuses Johnson & Johnson of 'anticompetitive practices' in lawsuit
https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...-anticompetitive-practices-lawsuit/684374001/
Pfizer to pay $2.3 billion, agrees to criminal plea
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-settlement-sb-idUSTRE5813XB20090903
Nigeria sues Pfizer for $7bn over 'illegal' tests on children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/05/health.healthandwellbeing1
“At Pfizer I was expected to increase profits at all costs, even when sales meant endangering lives.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-whistleblower-idUSN021592920090903
Pfizer settles foreign bribery case with U.S. government
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-settlement-idUSBRE8760WM20120807
Pfizer in $486 million settlement of Celebrex, Bextra litigation
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-lawsuit-idUSKCN10D1D8
Pfizer has a policy against ghostwriters, but when it acquired Parke and its Neurontin blockbuster it apparently bought an enthusiastic ghostwriting shop within it.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inside...shop-friendly-drug-studies-for-just-1000/#app
Pfizer to Pay $430 Million Fine over Illegal Marketing
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1895708
Pfizer "Bribe" Scandal in Philippines Heats Up; Company Offered Posters to the President
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pfizer...-up-company-offered-posters-to-the-president/
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-glaxo-settlement-idUSBRE8610S720120702
Glaxo given 'serious' warning on false vaccine information
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jul/14/health.medicineandhealth
Glaxo to pay $750 million in adulterated drugs case
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-adulterated-drugs-case-idUSTRE69P4GH20101027
Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-narcolepsy-vaccine-pandemrix-idUSBRE90L07H20130122 “There’s no doubt in my mind whatsoever that Pandemrix increased the occurrence of narcolepsy onset in children in some countries - and probably in most countries,” says Mignot, a specialist in the sleep disorder at Stanford University in the United States.
UK study strengthens link between GSK flu shot and narcolepsy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-gsk-narcolepsy-britain-idUSBRE90U0JW20130131
Chinese police charge British former head of GSK in China with bribery
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...k-in-china-with-bribery-idUSBREA4D03720140514
Sex video new twist in GSK China bribery scandal
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-gsk-china-idUKKBN0F40YR20140630
Merck
Merck settles Vioxx claims for $4.85 billion
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ioxx-claims-for-4-85-bln-idUSWNAS178420071109
Merck accused of stonewalling in mumps vaccine antitrust lawsuit
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-vaccine-idUSL1N0YQ0W820150604
Former Merck Scientists Sue Merck Alleging MMR Vaccine Efficacy Fraud
https://ahrp.org/former-merck-scientists-sue-merck-alleging-mmr-vaccine-efficacy-fraud/
Merck Created Hit List to "Destroy," "Neutralize" or "Discredit" Dissenting Doctors
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/merck-...y-neutralize-or-discredit-dissenting-doctors/
New Merck Allegations: A Fake Journal; Ghostwritten Studies; Vioxx Pop Songs; PR Execs Harass Reporters
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-me...es-vioxx-pop-songs-pr-execs-harass-reporters/
Gardasil Researcher Speaks Out
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gardasil-researcher-speaks-out/
New Worries About Gardasil Safety
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-worries-about-gardasil-safety/
HPV vaccine is neither safe nor effective
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-vaccine-letter-20150812-story.html
U.S. court pays $6 million to Gardasil victims
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/us-court-pays-6-million-gardasil-victims/
Merck to pay $688 million to settle Enhance lawsuits
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-merck-settlements-idUSBRE91D0R520130214
Is Merck's Singulair Patent a Fraud? Suit Lays Out Timeline of Omissions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-mercks-singulair-patent-a-fraud-suit-lays-out-timeline-of-omissions/ “Merck deliberately engaged in inequitable and fraudulent conduct in its statements and submissions to the PTO.”
U.S. court upholds dismissal of $200 million Merck verdict against Gilead
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...on-merck-verdict-against-gilead-idUSKBN1HW24U “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a June 2016 ruling that the two Merck patents, which cover methods of treating Hepatitis C, were unenforceable because of a pattern of misconduct by the company, including lying under oath by one of its in-house lawyers.”
Rampant Criminality
How authorities say drugmaker paid off doctors, lied to insurance companies to push potentially lethal fentanyl-based drug
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/aut...rs-lied-insurance-companies/story?id=61488372
Teva settles multibillion-dollar drug kickback case ahead of trial
https://www.reuters.com/article/hea...ug-kickback-case-ahead-of-trial-idUSL2N25B1NZ
Abbott to pay $1.6 billion for Depakote marketing
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abbott-settlement-idUSBRE8460UK20120507
Eli Lilly to pay $1.42 bln to resolve Zyprexa probes
https://www.reuters.com/article/elililly-idUSBNG34185720090115
Cancer drug probe nets $875 million settlement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-10-04-0110040343-story.html
Court approves Amgen's $762 million payment in drug case
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amgen-plea-marketing-idUSBRE8BI1BT20121219
Allergan signs $750 million settlement with purchasers of Alzheimer's drug Namenda
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...sers-of-alzheimers-drug-namenda-idUSKBN1YS1C4
AIDS drug maker settles kickback charges for $704 million
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9728522/n...s/t/aids-drug-maker-settles-kickback-charges/
California lawsuit accuses Bristol-Myers Squibb of fraud, kickbacks
https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-mar-19-la-fi-drug-kickbacks-20110319-story.html
Ex-pharma CEO pleads guilty to kickbacks to doctors for opioid prescriptions
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/0...ickbacks-to-doctors-for-opioid-prescriptions/