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1 case

23 Jan 2025 C.R. Bard, Inc.; Liberator Medical Supply, Inc.; Liberator Holdings; Rochester Medical CorporationC.R. Bard: USD 17m over discounts and free samples for urology practices USAGifts, hospitality and benefits €16.3m

Bard and three affiliated companies pay USD 17 million to resolve allegations under the federal False Claims Act and several state statutes. Between 2016 and February 2020 they allegedly gave urology practices discounts, excessive free samples and savings on office supplies so that they would prescribe intermittent catheters by default using Bard's own “Link” prescription form; no liability was determined.

What organisations can take from it

Free samples and discounts must never be linked to prescribing routes that benefit one's own sales.

Relevance to training and awareness

Free samples and discounts in medical device sales

Authority / court
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia (U.S. Department of Justice)
Area of law
Bribery and corruption · Gifts, hospitality and benefits
Legal basis
False Claims Act; Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b); False-Claims-Gesetze mehrerer Bundesstaaten
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Healthcare
Published
23 Jan 2025

Original amount 17,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jan 2025.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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