Pfizer agrees record fraud fine

[Natural Elements]

US drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to pay $2.3bn (£1.4bn) in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8234533.stm

[Allen Farlow]

They'll just raise their prices...

[Natural Elements]

Originally Posted by Allen Farlow

They'll just raise their prices...

They are already making a lot of money, it seems like it will be never enough.

If they are fined for $2.3 billions, I am wondering how much was the fraud...

[Natural Elements]

More on Pfizer whistleblower's ordeal reaps big rewards

"In the Army I was expected to protect people at all costs," Kopchinski said in a statement. "At Pfizer I was expected to increase profits at all costs, even when sales meant endangering lives.

"I couldn't do that," added Kopchinski, 45, who was fired by Pfizer in March of 2003, two years before the company pulled Bextra from the market over concerns it raised the risk of heart attacks and strokes."


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Pfizer....html?x=0&.v=1