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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3B for health fraud

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion in fines - the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history - for criminal and civil violations involving 10 drugs that are taken by millions of people. The Justice Department said Monday that GlaxoSmithKline PLC will plead guilty to promoting popular antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin for unapproved uses. The company also will plead guilty to failing to report to the government for seven years some safety problems with diabetes drug Avandia, which was restricted in the U.S. and banned in Europe after it was found in 2007 to sharply increase the risks of heart attacks and congestive heart failure.

 

'Ebonics' Translators Needed By Justice Department

'Ebonics' Translators Needed By Justice Department

The Smoking Gun (via Gawker) reports that the Justice Department is looking to hire translators fluent in 'ebonics' to help monitor, transcribe and translate conversations recorded in drug investigations.

Senh: Straight out of "Airplane."

 

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