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December 22, 2016, 8:30 PM UTC

Teva to Pay $519 Million in U.S. Probe Over Foreign Bribes

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By Tom Schoenberg and David McLaughlin, Bloomberg News

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $519 million to U.S. authorities after admitting to paying bribes in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico to boost sales.

Teva, the world’s biggest maker of generic medicines, admitted to making corrupt payments to public officials and doctors, including an unidentified high-ranking Russian government official, according to a statement Thursday by the Justice Department. The agreement also resolves a parallel investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A Russian subsidiary of Teva agreed to plead guilty.

“Teva and its subsidiaries paid millions of dollars in bribes to government ...

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