According to Crain’s Business Magazine, prominent pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals and a subsidiary have agreed to pay approximately $28 million to the state of Illinois and the United States in a settlement, following claims that Teva paid a Chicago psychiatrist to prescribe an anti-psychotic medication to thousands of nursing home patients insured by the government.

According to Crain’s Business Magazine, prominent pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals and a subsidiary have agreed to pay approximately $28 million to the state of Illinois and the United States in a settlement, following claims that Teva paid a Chicago psychiatrist to prescribe an anti-psychotic medication to thousands of nursing home patients insured by the government.