United States of America et al v. Advanced Biohealing, Inc.

  1. June 06, 2019

    Ex-Shire Unit Exec Reaches $2.5M Deal In Kickback Case

    The former president of a Shire PLC subsidiary will pay $2.5 million to end claims in Florida federal court that company salespeople used kickbacks and other shady means to push the use of a skin substitute product under his watch, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

  2. January 05, 2018

    Judge Sticks By Approval Of $350M Shire FCA Deal Split

    A Florida federal judge on Friday said he wouldn't reconsider his order approving a plan to divvy up proceeds from biotech company Shire's $350 million settlement of six related False Claims Act suits, rejecting one of the relators' claims that the order violated due process and her right to a jury trial.

  3. December 21, 2017

    Shire FCA Deal Doesn't Cover 'Unique' Claims, Relator Says

    One of six relators in a $350 million False Claims Act settlement with biotech company Shire asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to reconsider its apportionment plan for payouts and is seeking a jury trial so that her "first-to-file, unique" claims can be heard.

  4. November 21, 2017

    DOJ Cleared To Split Up $350M Shire Deal For Whistleblowers

    A Florida federal judge signed off Monday on the U.S. Department of Justice's apportionment plans for payouts from a $350 million False Claims Act settlement with biotech company Shire, with two of six whistleblower suits getting more than 95 percent of the proceeds, which must still be tabulated.