October 17, 2016
Nursing home pharmacy Omnicare Inc. will pay $28 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it took kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories in exchange for prescribing epilepsy drug Depakote to vulnerable patients, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
May 01, 2015
Omnicare Inc. asked a Virginia federal judge to dismiss entirely one whistleblower's False Claims Act suit against the company, saying Friday he was the second to file with the same facts and doesn't make specific allegations.
December 22, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in two Virginia whistleblower suits accusing Omnicare Inc. of getting tens of millions of dollars worth of kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories Inc. to promote the use of seizure drug Depakote in nursing homes serviced by Omnicare, prosecutors announced on Monday.