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Donald Trump has nominated an individual named Alex Azar to be his replacement.
Here are some facts about Alex Azar and the pharmaceutical corporation Eli Lilly.
From 2001-2005, Azar was the Department of Health and Human Services’ general counsel.
The government found that Eli Lilly “Created marketing materials promoting Zyprexa for off-label uses, trained its sales force to disregard the law and directed its sales personnel to promote Zyprexa for off-label uses.” Investigators specifically found that the company “Expended significant resources” to promote unapproved uses of the drug “In nursing homes and assisted-living facilities.” It moreoever “Caused false claims for payment to be submitted to federal insurance programs.”
In 2007, Azar left HHS to become the senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications for Eli Lilly.
1.4 billion! Sounds like a lot of money-except that Eli Lilly sold more than $30 billion worth of Zyprexa during the period for which it was investigated and would go on in 2009 to make nearly three times as much money in profit as it paid in fines in the agreement.