Texas A.G. Paxton Sues Pfizer and Tris Pharma for Defrauding Texas Medicaid and Providing Adulterated Pharmaceutical Drugs to Children
November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release:
The Office of the Attorney General's Civil Medicaid Fraud Division has sued Pfizer, Inc., Tris Pharma, Inc. and Tris CEO Ketan Mehta for defrauding the Texas Medicaid program by providing adulterated pharmaceutical drugs to Texas children in violation of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, now known as the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act ("THFPA").
The Office of the Attorney General's Civil Medicaid Fraud Division has sued Pfizer, Inc., Tris Pharma, Inc. and Tris CEO Ketan Mehta for defrauding the Texas Medicaid program by providing adulterated pharmaceutical drugs to Texas children in violation of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, now known as the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act ("THFPA").