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Pharma penalties for doctors’ kickbacks just a cost of doing business

JAMA Network Open study finds kickback penalties dwarfed by profits: $10.25 billion in penalties versus U.S. revenue of $458.6 billion on drug sales.

Pharmaceutical companies that were penalized for kickbacks paid only 2.2% of their U.S. revenue generated by selling drugs that were the focus of the alleged violations during the past quarter century, according to a new analysis.
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Source: STAT | Published: 2026-03-24T17:36:10Z

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