by William Upton, The National Pulse:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office is suing Pfizer, alleging the pharmaceutical giant defrauded the Texas Medicaid program by providing sub-quality drugs to Texas children. According to the lawsuit Pfizer and Tris Pharma continually manipulated the pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication Quillivant XR during the period of 2012 to 2018, resulting in patients receiving drugs well below the quality alleged by the pharmaceutical companies.

“I am horrified by the dishonesty we uncovered in this investigation,” Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “Pfizer and Tris intentionally concealed and failed to disclose the issues with Quillivant to receive taxpayer funded benefits through Texas Medicaid, defrauding the state and endangering children. Our Civil Medicaid Fraud Division has done an outstanding job holding these pharmaceutical companies accountable.”