cnbc.com: Recently, one litigation concluded, with the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis agreeing to pay more than $ 729 million to settle a lawsuit over the kickback scheme. A Basel-based Swiss company was involved in an illegal scheme aimed directly against consumer interests.
The company was accused of paying kickbacks to doctors in order to prescribe drugs, including paying for calls for alleged educational activities. The US District Attorney for Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, an intermediary for the Swiss company. The lawsuit alleges that the drug maker paid tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks through a co-payment fund for a number of drugs. Nothing is known in detail about the accusations against doctors, but this can only be the tip of the iceberg.
Now these same doctors are involved in the fight against the "coronavirus pandemic", they are also interested in more drugs and vaccines.