Mealey's (December 4, 2019, 12:20 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced Nov. 20 that charitable foundation The Assistance Fund (TAF) has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S. Code § 3729, by enabling drug manufacturers Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Biogen Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients who took the companies’ drugs....