WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST WYETH
The state of Utah has announced that it will join two lawsuits with 16 other states against drug manufacturing company Wyeth over the alleged concealment of discounted prices. The whistleblower suits claim that Wyeth hid lower prices of its stomach acid suppressing drugs Protonix Oral and Protonix IV from 2001 to 2006 to avoid paying millions of dollars in rebates to state Medicaid programs. Regulatory laws require drug manufacturers to report the reduced prices and rebates to Medicaid.