In kickbacks case, CA insurance chief says AbbVie used nurse 'ambassadors' to...

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    via AbbVie has had success growing Humira sales to the top position in biopharma globally, but a new lawsuit in California alleges the company used a massive fraud scheme to protect revenues at the expense of patient safety.


    California’s insurance commissioner Doug Jones on Tuesday unveiled the suit (PDF) against AbbVie, alleging the company paid kickbacks to doctors and used a network of nurse “ambassadors” to cut out communications between patients and their doctors.

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