Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Garcia v. Novartis AG
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 17, 2015No. Civil Action Nos. 06-10465-WGY, 10-11728-WGY, 12-10962-WGYPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In these qui tam actions, two former employees of Genentech, Inc. and a former employee of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation brought lawsuits against their former employers alleging unlawful and fraudulent practices in the marketing of a drug called Xolair, in violation of the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and individual states’ qui tam statutes. Relators Frank Garcia (“Garcia”) and Allison Kelly (“Kelly”) (collectively, the “Relators”), as well as a third relator, Stephen Fauci (“Fauci”), filed complaints in the name of the…
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