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Oregon Department of Justice Announces $100 Million Consumer Protection Pharmaceutical Agreement

May 7, 2012 -- Oregon Attorney General John Kroger today announced a $100 million multistate agreement with global health care and medicalresearch company Abbott Laboratories over off-label promotional claimsrelated to its drug Depakote®. This agreement marks the largest everconsumer protection-based pharmaceutical settlement.“Protecting consumers from drug companies that use unscrupulous sales tactics is a top priority of the Department of Justice,” said Attorney General Kroger.

May 7, 2012

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