English Drug Firm Settled Forfeiture, False Claims, Unfair Trade Action For $1.4B

(July 15, 2019, 2:34 PM EDT) -- ABINGDON, Va. — Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s $1.4 billion opioid-related settlement with the United States consists of a multimillion-dollar forfeiture, civil settlement, an unfair competition complaint and an agreement not sell the most controlled drugs in the United States for three years, the U.S. Justice Department disclosed July 11 (United States v. Indivior Inc. et al., No. 19-cr-16. W.D. Va.)....