UPDATE 2-Pfizer to pay $23.85 mln to resolve U.S. kickback probe
May 24, 2018 at 11:29 AM EDT
May 24 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve U.S. government charges that the drugmaker used a purportedly independent charity to pay illegal kickbacks to Medicare patients covering their out-of-pocket drug costs.