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For the third time this month, a US senator is harshly criticizing a deal that Mylan Pharmaceuticals reached with the US Department of Justice for shortchanging Medicaid over rebates for its EpiPen device, which sparked national outrage after a series of price hikes.

In an Oct. 21 letter, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) complained to US Attorney General Loretta Lynch that the $465 million settlement “fails to hold Mylan accountable” and is “shockingly soft on this corporate wrongdoer,” because Mylan did not admit any wrongdoing, none of its executives were penalized, and the company can deduct the payment from its corporate taxes.

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She also described the settlement as “shamefully weak” and argued the feds are sending the wrong message because the deal lacks “deterrent value.” The “limp response to Mylan’s deliberate fraud raises a serious question about exactly how you plan to police other companies if you approve settlements that show that crime does pay,” she concluded.

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