Pharmaceutical manufacturer Bayer Corporation and its related entities are to pay $40 million to resolve two whistleblower lawsuits filed by a former employee.
The lawsuits were filed by Laurie Simpson who used to work in Bayer’s marketing department. They are related to false claims made by the company about three of its drugs: Trasylol, Avelox, and Baycol.
According to the terms of settlement, Bayer will pay $38,860,555 to the United States and $1,139,445 to 20 states as well as the District of Columbia.
Simpson will receive roughly $11 million from the proceeds of the settlement, according to a Sept. 2 press release from the Department of Justice….