Payments will go to federal and state governments, including tens of millions to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Part of the $3 billion settlement involves GlaxoSmithKline’s improper drug pricing for Medicaid. Hamrick, who’s now unemployed and lives in Florida, is represented by the Blue Bell law firm Kenney & McCafferty. “It was a quick zinger for your doc, to tell your doc, ‘Hey Doc, remember Wellbutrin is the happy, horny, skinny drug,’” said Hamrick. Hamrick describes how the sales force was told to pitch the drug. READ MORE: Police: Man Accused Of Abducting 31-Year-Old Delaware County Woman Arrested In North Carolina Wellbutrin, for example, is FDA approved to treat depression, but GSK promoted it for weight loss and the treatment of sexual dysfunction. And he says he was trained to market the off-label use of drugs, which is illegal.

Hamrick says GSK trained him to give doctors kick backs for prescribing and promoting drugs. “Practices like these put our public health at risk,” said Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary for Health & Human Services. It’s just–you know, you have to consider what’s best for the patient, not what’s best for your pocketbook,” said Hamrick.įederal prosecutors used video from the Justice Department to show how GlaxoSmithKline aggressively pushed its sales staff. He became a whistleblower for alleging that the company put profits ahead of patients, and he was then fired. “When you say, ‘Hey, this isn’t right,’ you immediately become a target,” said Blair Hamrick, who was a sales rep for GlaxoSmithKline for seven years. A vital part of the case came from insiders, who spoke out against the company. GlaxoSmithKline, with a headquarters here in Philadelphia, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay the record penalty. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Following the record $3 billion penalty GlaxoSmithKline will pay for inappropriately marketing drugs, 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl talked exclusively to a former employee at the center of the case. By Stephanie Stahl READ MORE: Former Pennsylvania State Trooper Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Sexually Abusing Child, DA Says

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