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American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. agreed to pay 2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products. Pfizer was required to pay a criminal fine of 1.195 billion and Pharmacia & Upjohn was required to forfeit 105 million, for a total criminal resolution of 1.3 billion. The other 1 billion represented a civil False Claims Act penalty.