Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Rost v. Pfizer Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 30, 2006No. Civil Action 03-11084-JLTPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, J.
Plaintiff-Relator, Dr. Peter Rost, (“Plaintiff’) brings this qui tam action against Defendants Pfizer, Inc. and Phar-macia Corporation (collectively “Defendants”), alleging violations of the Federal False Claims Act 1 (“FCA”) and similar state statutes. 2 Plaintiff asserts that Defendants, through illegal, off-label marketing of the drug Genotropin, knowingly caused the submission of false claims to federal and state health insurance programs. Defendants now move to dismiss Plaintiffs complaint, arguing that this court lacks subject’ matter jurisdiction and that Plaintiffs…
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- Edwin P. Harrison, and United States of America, Party in Interest v. Westinghouse Savannah River CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Murphy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- United States Ex Rel. Clausen v. Laboratory Corp. of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- United States Ex Rel. Hutcheson v. Blackstone Medical, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
- United States Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Hawaii Pacific HealthDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 2007
- United States ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
- In Re Pharmaceutical Ind. Avg. Whole. Price Lit.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
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