In Brief: Becton Dickinson
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Becton Dickinson: Will pay $3.3 mil. to settle allegations by the Department of Verterans Affairs that it overcharged them for reagents and tests. The VA had alleged that B-D failed to inform the agency that it had granted discounts to commercial customers greater than those disclosed during negotiations of an $11 mil. medical supply contract. The contract ended in December 1991. The settlement resolves a 1991 whistleblower lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore...