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J&J Subsidiary Pays $9.75M To Resolve Kickback Allegations

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

DePuy Synthes reportedly provided a Massachusetts surgeon with more than $100,000 in free implants and tools.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes will pay $9.75m to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to a Massachusetts-based orthopedic surgeon, the US Department of Justice announced on 20 January.

The government stated that DePuy gave the physician free spinal implants and tools for surgeries conducted overseas as a way to encourage them to use DePuy products in surgeries performed within the US

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