Iceland-based Actavis Mid-Atlantic, an international generic pharmaceutical company, was asked by a Travis County jury to pay $170.3m to the state of Texas for defrauding Medicaid.
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The court found Actavis and co-defendant Actavis Elizabeth to have misrepresented its drug prices to Medicaid.
The decision came after Florida-based pharmacy Ven-a-Care filed a whistleblower lawsuit under seal against Actavis.
The pharmacy owners said Actavis had reported artificially inflated prices to Medicaid for its drugs.
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