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U.S. EX REL. ROST v. PFIZER, INC.

Civil Action No. 03-11084-PBS.

736 F.Supp.2d 367 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Peter ROST, Plaintiffs, v. PFIZER, INC. and Pharmacia Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabriel S. Barenfeld , Mark I. Labaton , Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Susan A. Friery , Kreindler & Kreindler, Joseph P. Musacchio Sarrouf , Tarricone & Flemming, Sara M. Bloom , United States Attorney's Office, Robert P. Patten , Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, Bernabe Antonio Icaza , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Warren G. Miller , Miller & Miller, Boston, MA, for Amicus.

Geoffrey E. Hobart , Mark W. Mosier , Ethan M. Posner , Benjamin J. Razi , Rebecca Rohr, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Sydney E. Rab , Office of Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Interested Party.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

In June 2003, relator Peter Rost filed a qui tam complaint under seal charging defendants Pfizer, Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation with violating the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. Rost alleged that the defendants engaged in illegal off-label marketing of a growth hormone deficiency medication called Genotropin, that they provided illegal "kickbacks" to physicians, and that these illegal...

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