GlaxoSmithKline fined $3 BILLION after pleading guilty to America’s biggest ever healthcare fraud

GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history.

The Justice Department says the company plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to report important safety data about a diabetes drug to the Food and Drug Administration.

Prosecutors say GSK encouraged use of Paxil for children although it was [...]