Alexion Pharmaceuticals to pay $21M to resolve FCPA case
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-07-02T15:26:00
Alexion Pharmaceuticals will pay $21 million to resolve SEC charges that it violated the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the FCPA concerning bribes made by subsidiaries to foreign government officials.
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