Show Notes
HIEEEEE!!!!! I'm back! My third-string comedian, first-string friend Kate joins me to talk about a company that has gotten away with evils that take place during every stage of a life cycle: Abbott Laboratories. If you like undercover FBI stings with costumes, vile descriptions of bacteria through the lens of art criticism, or selling your weight in illegally-marketed sedatives, this episode is for YOU! How can a business factor in losing hundreds of millions of dollars every few years because they're getting sued by the government? Fairly easily it turns out!
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SOURCES:
- FBI health-care sting uses mob case treatment, Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune 2003
- Abbott Laboratories, est. 1888, Andrew Clayman, Made in Chicago Museu, 2020
- The Department of Health and Human Services And The Department of Justice Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 2004
- “ 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021
- RX COMPLIANCE REPORT: VOL. X, ISSUE 14/NOVEMBER 30, 2011. “Abbott reserves $1.5 billion to settle Depakote off-label allegations.”
- DOJ Settlement agreement re: Abbott Depakote
- How Deadly Bacteria Spread in a Similac Factory—and Caused the US Formula Shortage. Susan Berfield and Anna Edney. Bloomberg. August 24, 2022
- Infant Formula Shortage Highlights WIC’s Critical Role in Feeding Babies, Zoë Neuberger, Katie Bergh and Lauren Hall, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 22, 2022
- CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE RE: ABBOTT LABORATORIES PRODUCTION SITE IN STURGIS, MICHIGAN. Acquired and published by the New York Times. October 9, 2021
Didn’t even get to this but here’s a random article about Abbott’s role in the Oxycontin crisis: Secret trove reveals bold ‘crusade’ to make OxyContin a blockbuster, David Armstrong, STAT news, 2016
