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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€11.7mTotal of monetary amounts
€11.7mLargest single case: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
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14 May 2026 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Takeda: 13.7 million USD – speaker fees and luxury meals for prescribing physicians USAGifts, hospitality and benefits €11.7m

From 2014 to 2020, Takeda allegedly selected physicians specifically for its speaker programme for the antidepressant Trintellix and provided them with fees and meals at expensive restaurants to promote prescriptions; some participants attended the same event several times without any educational benefit. Takeda paid 13,670,921 USD.

What organisations can take from it

Speaker programmes need a demonstrable educational purpose – repeated attendance and expensive hospitality turn them into inducements.

Relevance to training and awareness

Invitations, hospitality and fees for healthcare professionals

Authority / court
U.S. Department of Justice / U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California
Area of law
Bribery and corruption · Gifts, hospitality and benefits
Legal basis
Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)); False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff.)
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Employees
10,000 or more

Original amount 13,670,921 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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