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(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) has agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve allegations it illegally paid kickbacks to Medicare patients through a purportedly independent charitable foundation, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

The accord resolves allegations that Pfizer violated the federal False Claims Act, the Justice Department said.

Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in Toronto; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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