U.S. v. EMD SERONO, INC.

Civil Action No. 16-5594.

370 F.Supp.3d 483 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, State of Louisiana, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Montana, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of New York, City of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Oklahoma, State of Rhode Island, State of Tennessee, State of Texas, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Wisconsin ex rel. Panzey Belgium Harris, and SMSPF, LLC, v. EMD SERONO, INC., Pfizer, Inc., Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. and RXC Acquisition Company, d/b/a RxCrossroads.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed April 3, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 31 U.S.C. § 3729
Cause: 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act
Nature of Suit: 375 Other Statutes: False Claims Act
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Connolly , Bradford L. Geyer , Geyergorey LLP, Cinnaminson, NJ, Brian R. Tipton , Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, Phillipsburg, NJ, for United States of America.

Catherine M. Recker , Welsh & Recker, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Emily F. Hodge , Kristen L. Dooley , Melissa Bayer Tearney , Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA, Ilana H. Eisenstein , DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA, Marc H. Axelbaum , Thomas C. Hill , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA, Matthew D. Stockwell , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, NY, Neil Nandi , Scott D. Stein , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Richard L. Scheff , Carrie Sarhangi Love , Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for EMD Serono, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. and RXC Acquisition Company, d/b/a RxCrossroads.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

In this qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3727-33, and various state laws, relators SMSPF, LLC and Panzey Belgium Harris bring claims against pharmaceutical companies, EMD Serono, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc., and marketing consultants and specialists...

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