Japanese pharmaceutical company, Daiichi Sankyo Inc., with U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, has agreed to pay $39 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The complaint alleges that Daiichi marketed a number of its hypertension and diabetes drugs off-label, and paid kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe them. A former Daiichi sales representative initially brought the complaint, and will get $6.1 million from the settlement. - See more at: http://www.policymed.com/#sthash.D8JQCw4q.dpuf