Avantor agrees to pay $5.3M to settle false claims, chemicals reporting violations
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Adrianne Appel2024-08-02T15:32:00
Laboratory supply company Avantor agreed to pay $5.3 million to settle allegations, first brought by a whistleblower, that it overcharged four federal agencies and failed to comply with chemical regulations, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
An Avantor subsidiary, VWR, will pay $5 million to settle the False Claims Act violations, the DOJ announced in a press release Wednesday. In addition, Avantor will pay $325,000 to resolve allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act and mishandled chemicals listed with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as possible precursors to controlled substances.
The case resolves claims first brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Adrian Scioli, a former VWR employee, who will receive $1.1 million of the settlement total.
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