AbbVie Inc.
ABBV
Health Care
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exclusion reasons
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AbbVie paid $2.37B to settle claims of off-label promotion and kickbacks for Depakote, and faces ongoing antitrust litigation over Humira biosimilar patent thicket tactics.
National Opioids Settlement (nationalopioidsettlement.com) - Manufacturer via Allergan subsidiary (acquired by AbbVie 2020); $2.37B settlement over 7 years (Nov 2022); Allergan deceptively marketed opioids by downplaying addiction risk and encouraging physicians to prescribe to patients already showing signs of addiction
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