Thursday, September 03, 2009

Which former Pfizer employees will reap millions for helping expose the company's illegal practices?

The answer isn't clear because ten whistleblowers signed the actual settlement agreement, not six.

They include:

Ronald Rainero, a former Pfizer sales manager from New Jersey
Mark Westlock, a former Pfizer district sales manager, specialty sales representative and primary care sales representative
Dr. Stefan Kruszewski, a Harrisburg, Pa. psychiatrist
Casey Schildhauer
David Farber
Robert Liter, a former Pfizer sales representative in Kentucky
Glenn DeMott, a former Masters Senior Sales Representative at Pfizer and senior sales consultant at Pharmacia
Blair Collins
Dana Spencer
John Kopchinski, a former Pfizer sales representative based in Florida

According the DOJ, six whistleblowers ('relators' in legalese) who filed qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act will collectively receive more than $102 million for their roles in uncovering fraud and "off-label" use of Pfizer drugs that were not approved by the FDA.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thousands lost jobs for being honest at Pfizer.

Anonymous said...

Not only at Pfizer.

FDA too.

Pfizer has packed FDA with their people.

This fine is only the latest cost of doing business.

The corruption continues and people die.