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Pharmaceutical Company to Pay $95M to Settle Allegations of Improper Drug Promotion

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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $95 million to settle allegations that the company promoted three drugs for uses that were not medically accepted, the government announced Thursday.

The Justice Department said the three are the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug Combivent and the high-blood-pressure drug Micardis.

Read the full story: http://wapo.st/R32A1a

Source: The Washington Post

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