Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, center, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West, take part in a news conference to announce Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in Washington. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, center, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West, take part in a news conference to announce Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion civil and criminal penalty over unlawful prescription drug promotions on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in Washington.

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  1. FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, the company logo for drugmaker Pfizer Inc., is shown. Pfizer Inc. posts a higher third-quarter profit Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009,despite the recession, as sharp cost cuts make up for slightly lower sales.
  2. Pfizer and Wyeth companies become one - Pfizer scientists at Grange Castle, Clondalkin, Ireland, one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical campuses. The combined operation is a more diversified health care company with expanded leadership in human, animal and consumer health.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (C) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West (R) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: (L-R) FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins, Health and Human Services Inspector General Dan Levinson, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Michael Loucks announce that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West (C) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference with (L-R) Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli, Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Michael Loucks at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Perkins said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West (C) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. West said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (C) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion during a news conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West (R) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  12. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Helath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) announces that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (L) at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius said that Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, will pay the charge to resolve investigations of off-label drug promotion involving the recalled Bextra painkiller and other drugs.
  13. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks about the U.S. Health Care during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington, November 17, 2009.
  14. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks about the U.S. Health Care during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington, November 17, 2009.
  15. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks about the U.S. Health Care during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington, November 17, 2009.
  16. Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, right, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, second from right, applaud during a forum on health insurance reform, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington. White House Office of Public Engagement Director Tina Chen is at left, small business owner Dr. Ken Brantley is second from left.

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