Mealey's (August 5, 2020, 9:02 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Drug maker Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. on July 27 agreed to pay $3.5 million in civil penalties and restitution for paying doctors bogus research grants to induce them to prescribe the company's analgesic drug Exparel (United States, ex rel. Jordan C. Schneider v. Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 14-7021, D. N.J.)....