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 at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Perrilli 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

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 at the Department of Justice September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Perrilli 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.

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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: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (C) announces 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. Perrilli 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: 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.
  11. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 02: Associate Attorney General Tom Perrilli (C) takes questions from the news media after announcing that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion with (L-R) Health and Human Services Inspector General Dan Levinson, FBI Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West 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. FBI Assistant Director of Criminal Investigative Division Kevin Perkins, right, looks on as Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, answers questions during 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.
  14. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pauses during 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.
  15. 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.
  16. FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2009 file photo, packaged product is prepared for shipping at the Pfizer plant in Lincoln, Neb. 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.

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