DeCarlo, 937 F. Supp. Curtis et al., Relative Potency of Controlled-Release Oxycodone and Controlled-Release Morphine in Postoperative Pain Model, 55 Eur. Radcliffe also avers that. decision in United States ex rel. and as a result, generally more expensive than the OxyContin that was described in [Purdue's] marketing pitch to the same physicians." However, after the employee raised these concerns, the employer contacted the regulatory agency involved and apprised them of the allegations. In finding the release unenforceable, the court reasoned that the limited knowledge of the allegations held by the government did not negate the public interest in providing incentives for the relator to fully disclose inside information concerning the allegations to the government. In addition to ruling the whistleblowers failed to sufficiently plead their allegations, Berger also found that their suit was barred by a rule that says whistleblowers cant bring suit over information that has already been made public. Radcliff is a former sales representative and manager at Purdue, who left its employment shortly before he filed the present suit. They allege Purdue Pharma misrepresented the potency of OxyContin when marketing it to doctors. at 960. Id. U.S. ex Rel. the plaintiff-relator, mark radcliffe ("radcliffe"), filed a qui tam suit in the united states district court for the western district of virginia alleging that his former employer, purdue pharma, l.p. ("purdue"), defrauded the government by marketing its pain-relief drug, oxycontin, as a cheaper alternative to the drug it replaced, ms contin, Taken together, these disclosures reveal disagreement in the scientific community, but do not raise an inference of fraud. The plaintiff has the burden of showing that the court has subject matter jurisdiction. Radcliffe was a district sales manager for Purdue, laid off as part of a reduction in force in June 2005. Given the vast array and varying credibility of web pages on the Internet, I am not ready to conclude that anything posted online would automatically constitute a public disclosure within the meaning of 3730(e)(4)(A). The government's decision not to intervene "does not necessarily signal governmental disinterest in an action, as it is entitled to most of the proceeds even if it opts not to intervene." While the 1999 article was published in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, it was authored by scientists in the United States and written in the English language. During this time the government was conducting a criminal investigation of Purdue's marketing of OxyContin, eventually resulting in guilty pleas in this court by a related company and three of Purdue's top executives. No list was kept of the documents reviewed or flagged, but according to the declaration of one of Purdue's outside counsel these included documents about the dispute over the relative potency of OxyContin and MS Contin. McLean v. County of Santa Clara, No. at 1512-13. It is unclear from Hall whether the NRC was made aware of the identity of the specific person making the allegations when it first investigated the matter. Once it decided to fashion a uniform rule on the enforceability of pre-filing releases, the Ninth Circuit turned to Rumery, 480 U.S. at 392, to structure its discussion of competing policy concerns. ex rel. United States ex rel. . Purdue cites Gebert, 260 F.3d 909, in which the government did not investigate until after the filing of the qui tam complaint and the court ultimately chose to enforce the release. . Radcliffe v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 562 U.S. 977 (2010), his wife Angela decided to "take up . Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 587, 106 S.Ct. Matsushita Elec. This case stemmed from a qui tam action under the FCA that Mark Radcliffe ("Radcliffe"), a former district sales manager for Purdue Pharma ("Purdue"), filed against Purdue, alleging that Purdue improperly labeled the drug OxyContin as having a higher pain . at 1043-46. Pharmacol. Purdue Pharma Br. 1982). Indeed, Mr. Hurt drafted the core allegations not on the basis of information and facts relayed to him by Relators, but rather by using information and documents provided to him by Mark Radcliffe (the plaintiff in the first, unsuccessful case), the motion says. at 1513-14. Id. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER R. CLARKE VanDERVORT Magistrate Judge. The plaintiff-relator, Mark Radcliffe ("Radcliffe"), filed a qui tam suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia alleging that his former employer, Purdue Pharma, L.P. ("Purdue"), defrauded the government by marketing its pain-relief drug, OxyContin, as a cheaper alternative to the drug it replaced, MS Contin . This furthers the public interests in encouraging a potential relator to disclose his allegations to the government as quickly as possible, before the government has an opportunity to discover the alleged wrongdoing through other means. Dismiss 20.) Radcliffe was asked about the marketing of OxyContin as it related to the potential for addiction, but he was not asked about the relative cost and potency issue. MARK RADCLIFFE: Defendant - Appellee: PURDUE PHARMA L.P. and PURDUE PHARMA, INCORPORATED: Amicus Curiae: It was dismissed for failure. While the issue of whether a general release is enforceable to bar a subsequent qui tam action has not been addressed by the Fourth Circuit, the framework established by the Ninth Circuit in United States ex rel Green v. Northrop Corp., 59 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. The one silver lining is that this behavior is largely limited to big city law practice, in which lawyers rarely appear regularly in the same court against the same opposing counsel, the response says. This rule would also make the enforcability of such a release dependant on the government's intervention decision and may discourage some potential relators from initiating qui tam suits in the first place, leaving some allegations undisclosed. Virginia, Abingdon Division, declining to conclude that anything posted online would automaticallyconstitute a public disclosure. Id. . Mark Rad v. Purdue Pharma L.P., No. Radcliffe was interviewed by law enforcement agents on October 28, 2005. of Pittsburgh, 186 F.3d 376, 385 (3d Cir. In his employment with Purdue between 1996 and 2005, Radcliffe was responsible for marketing OxyContin to individual physicians and became familiar with Purdue's marketing claims about OxyContin's relative cost and potency, including the claim that there is a 2:1 equianelgesic ratio between OxyContin and MS Contin. to Mot. While Purdue concedes that a defendant may be liable for inducing a third party to submit a false claim to the government, it argues that Radcliff's allegations do not meet the Rule 9(b) pleading requirements because he does not describe even a single instance in which a physician was influenced to prescribe OxyContin based on Purdue's misrepresentations, and where a claim for payment was made by the pharmacist to the government. The amended complaint does not contain allegations that connect the dots for even a single alleged false claim Berger wrote. Id. Wilson, 528 F.3d at 299. In summary, Purdue argues that the public disclosures in these scientific articles and in the OxyContin package insert amount to a disclosure of the fraudulent transactions alleged in Radcliffe's qui tam suit and put the government on notice of the potential fraud. On September 27, 2005, Radcliffe filed his qui tam Complaint. See United States ex rel. at 963. at 965-66. Michael Scheininger, counsel to several Purdue employees, stated that Department of Justice lawyer Barbara Wells informed him on June 24, 2005, of her intent to ask several of his clients about the dispute over the relative potency of OxyContin and MS Contin, explaining that it related to the marketing and cost implications. at 1047. Id. the plaintiff-relator, mark radcliffe ("radcliffe"), filed a qui tam suit in the united states district court for the western district of virginia alleging that his former employer, purdue pharma, l.p. ("purdue"), defrauded the government by marketing its pain-relief drug, oxycontin, as a cheaper alternative to the drug it replaced, ms contin, 425, 428 (1999). Id. Green involved a general release between an employer and a terminated employee, who later filed a qui tam suit against that employer. at 963-64. 56(c); Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322, 106 S.Ct. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587, 106 S.Ct. In Hall, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") completed and closed an investigation after the defendant made it aware of the relator's allegations, before the filing of the qui tam complaint. (f)(2).) Generally, this does not require that the disclosure be of the specific allegations brought by the relator, but instead the disclosure must put the government on notice of the likelihood of fraudulent activity. Document production requests made by the government and conversations between lawyers representing the government and Purdue or its employees in June and July of 2005 suggest that the government was trying to learn more about the relative cost and potency issue. Tex. Id. Id. Evidence presented in Bahrani demonstrated that, prior to executing a general release, the relator had two brief conversations with an FBI agent prior in which he made charges against his employer but offered no specifics regarding the alleged fraud. After carefully considering the arguments of the parties, I hold that the Complaint does not adequately state a claim for fraud under Rule 9(b). Following Radcliffe's execution of the general release on August 1, 2005, the government's investigation continued. Ten years ago, Mark Radcliffea former district sales manager for Purdue Pharma ("Purdue")filed a qui tam action under the FCA against Purdue. See Fed.R.Civ.P. In Rabushka, a shareholder filed suit alleging that his conversations with company executives demonstrate that they fraudulently understated unfunded pension liability and spun off one of the company's components in order to shift responsibility for the pensions to another entity. When he raised the issue his supervisor assured him that the 2:1 ratio was correct. However, that is not the situation before me. (c) and (f)(2)). However, the government ultimately took its investigation in a different direction, focusing on the misbranding of OxyContin as "less addictive, less subject to abuse and diversion, and less likely to cause tolerance and withdrawal than other pain medications." the baton" and file the qui tam action against Purdue now before the court. Ten years ago, Mark Radcliffe, a former district sales manager for Purdue Pharma, filed a qui tam action under the FCA against Purdue. Defs.' Radcliff is a former sales representative and manager at Purdue, who left its employment shortly before he filed the present suit. at 232. If a substantial public interest would be impaired, the court need not engage in the Rumery balancing test unless there is an articulated reason favoring enforcement aside from the "`interest in the settlement of litigation,'" as that "`cannot by itself outweigh a substantial public interest on the other side of the scales.'" 2005); see Springfield, 14 F.3d at 655. Hurts co-counsel in the case is Beckley, W.Va., attorney Paul Roop. and, accordingly, less expensive than MSContin" and the accuracy of "the 2:1 comparison of OxyContin to MSContin." United States ex rel. 5:2010cv01423 - Document 191 (S.D.W. 2007). ( Id. He subsequently executed a general release ("the Release") of all claims against Purdue in order to receive an enhanced severance package. Mark RADCLIFFE, Plaintiffs, v. PURDUE, Court:United States District Court, W.D. 1994) ("Textbook of Pain"). One of their attorneys is Mark Radcliffe was interviewed a second time in September 2006 and asked about the misleading promotion of OxyContin. The final settlement in the criminal case did not contain any reference to the relative cost and potency issue and did not purport to settle Radcliffe's suit. Coleson, which was decided prior to Green but after Rumery, involved a claim brought under the anti-retaliation provisions of the FCA, rather than a qui tam claim brought on behalf of the government. at 231-32. While the OxyContin package insert recommends the 2:1 conversion ratio as a starting point for doctors switching patients from MS Contin to OxyContin, it also suggests the need to reevaluate based on each individual patient's response to the new medication. During the course of the agency's investigation, the employee was terminated and initiated a state court action, which did not include a qui tam claim. United States ex rel. 2010) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Gilligan v. Medtronic, Inc., 403 F.3d 386, 389 (6th Cir. 1999). After the action was filed, the United States investigated the qui tam relator's allegations, but ultimately chose not to intervene. For these reasons, I find that this court his subject matter jurisdiction over the Complaint. In responding to Purdue Pharmas allegations, the attorneys say the whistleblowers have always been upfront that their knowledge of the alleged scheme was second-hand. See Green, 59 F.3d at 965-68; Bahrani, 183 F. Supp. Also on July 28, the government issued a subpoena for Michael Cullen, [Redacted]; he was later asked during his grand jury testimony about the relative potency issue. Adams v. Bain, 697 F.2d 1213, 1219 (4th Cir. The two attorneys claim in a response that Purdue Pharma has failed to meet its burden for showing that fee-shifting is appropriate and that the judge who dismissed the earlier lawsuit ruled at least part of the complaint passed muster, but it fell outside of a six-year statute of limitations period. Although the criminal charges did relate to the misbranding of OxyContin, these charges focused on Purdue's marketing of OxyContin as "less addictive, less subject to abuse and diversion, and less likely to cause tolerance and withdrawal than other pain medications." Accordingly, I do not address Purdue's second argument that the package insert is a public disclosure from an administrative investigation. This subsection includes disclosures made in "criminal hearings," as well as those made in "administrative investigations," but I cannot see that, nor have the parties asserted that, either of these classifications applies to the current situation. Here, it appears that the government did learn of the substance of Radcliffe's allegations independently and was interested enough in them to request documents pertaining to and question various Purdue employees about the relative cost and potency issue. See United States ex rel. at 233. Protected by Google ReCAPTCHA. 2d 569, 576 (W.D. See DeCarlo, 937 F. Supp. . While these disclosures all reveal true information regarding the current state of the scientific debate, they do not reveal the "true" state of facts regarding the fraud alleged by the relator, that is, that Purdue used the 2:1 ratio despite knowing that it was inaccurate in order to mislead physicians and other decision-makers regarding the relative cost and potency of OxyContin. Had the substance of the relator's allegations been disclosed to an appropriate employee at the FDA with the authority to investigate these claims, that might have constituted a disclosure in an administrative investigation. (quoting 5 Charles Alan Wright Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure 1297, at 590 (2d ed. United States District Court, W.D. Purdue Pharma, L.P. (1:05-cv-00089) District Court, W.D. Green, 59 F.3d at 956. One of their attorneys is Mark Purdue cites United States ex rel. It is implausible to believe that doctors consistently used the 2:1 ratio as a starting point, prescribed significantly greater amounts as they titrated the dosage to the patients, and continued to believe OxyContin to be cost-effective based on the 2:1 ratio. at 733-34 (remanding to allow leave to amend). While this would seem to be the case in Hall since the federal government had not only completed its investigation, but concluded that the allegations could not be substantiated, this does not mean that there are not other cases that the government may have investigated fully but determined that it would not prosecute on its own for a variety of reasons, such as the low amount of money involved compared to the cost of prosecution, the low likelihood of success, or the lack of government resources to pursue it. 1999); Rabushka, 40 F.3d at 1514. The qui tam provisions are designed to supplement government enforcement of the FCA by using financial incentives to encourage insiders privy to fraud on the government to disclose this inside knowledge and potentially prosecute violations. Prior public disclosures revealed the spin off, the company's problems with the unfunded pension liability, and eventually, the company's bankruptcy. (Mountcastle Decl. Indus. Dismiss 11.) These employees were indeed asked questions pertaining to the relative potency issue during their grand jury appearances on July 20, 2005. 3729-3733 (West 2003 & Supp.2008), and analogous state statutes, the relator Mark Radcliffe alleges that the defendants, Purdue Pharma, L.P. and Purdue Pharma, Inc. (collectively, "Purdue"), misrepresented to physicians the relative potency of . Further, this shareholder-relator was the first to allege that company executives knew of the extent of the underfunding at the time of the spin off and that the liability was large enough to place the company in jeopardy of failing. 3730(e)(4)(A); see United States ex rel. App. After the present qui tam suit was stayed, the government's investigation continued. Id. Va. 2007) (accepting plea agreements). Purdue argues that in the present case, the following constitute public disclosures: (1) published scientific articles and reference materials cited in the Complaint, which support an equianalgesic ratio of 1:1 between MS Contin and OxyContin for repeated dosing, but note the existence of single-dose studies that support a ratio of 2:1; (2) a single-dose study that supports an equianalgesic ratio of 2:1 and a published article and an abstract reporting the results of this study; (3) other materials published in scientific journals, which support the 2:1 equianalgesic ratio for longer-term use, that Purdue argues Radcliffe would have been familiar with in his employment; and (4) the OxyContin package insert, which was approved by the FDA and was, at one time, available on Purdue's web site. Likewise, the prior public disclosures reveal that there was contradicting scientific evidence as to the relative potency of OxyContin to MS Contin, but they do not imply fraud. Radcliffe's allegations pertain to the issue of the relative cost and potency of OxyContin and MS Contin. Once the moving party has met its burden, "the nonmoving party must come forward with `specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.'" Finally, if the action was based on the public disclosure, was the relator an original source? However, the decision to enforce the release turned on the fact that the release occurred "in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding, not through a general, independent release of a claim for money." If anything on the record suggests fraud with respect to the relative cost and potency, it is the relator's statements regarding his experiences in being trained to market OxyContin and his questioning of his supervisors about the relative potency issue, as well as the internal training materials that explained how to address the relative cost issue with physicians. Longhi v. Lithium Power Techs., Inc., 481 F. Supp. Likewise, the public interest in using qui tam suits to supplement federal enforcement of the FCA was not disturbed as the government had already investigated the allegations prior to the release. at 820. Mountcastle argued that the suit could hinder the investigation because while Purdue was aware of the investigation "no mention ha[d] been made that the 2:1 comparison of OxyContin and MSContin [was] one of the areas under investigation." Mark Rad v. Purdue Pharma L.P. Filing 920100324 Download PDF . But see United States ex rel. The facts on which I have determined jurisdiction are as follows. Va. 2008). In this qui tam action, the defendants have moved to dismiss on several grounds, including the jurisdictional bar based on prior public disclosures of the alleged false claims, the execution of a pre-filing general release by the relator, and a failure to plead fraud with particularity under Rule 9(b). To the extent that Radcliffe based the allegations in his Complaint on either the published abstract or the published article, these constitute public disclosures in the news media. Instead both the 2001 posting and the current posting of the OxyContin package insert seem more akin to a corporate report or a press release. Given the international nature of the scientific community, there is no indication that the publication of this article in a foreign scientific journal makes it any less accessible to the American public than if it were published in a scientific journal located in the United States. 1999). Green, 59 F.3d at 962 (quoting Davies, 930 F.2d at 1396). 763 (E.D. Purdue then filed the present Motion to Dismiss, seeking a dismissal on the grounds that Radcliffe's claims are based on publicly disclosed information rather than information he discovered; that Radcliffe has released Purdue from the claims; and that the Complaint fails to adequately allege fraud as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b). In his Complaint, Radcliffe cites the three publications shown to him by the physicians the Clinical Practice Guideline, the USP, and the Textbook of Pain to support the correctness of the 1:1 ratio. If not, then the court balances "all the factors that bear on whether `the public interest in enforcement of the agreement outweigh the policies furthered by non-enforcement.'" The "John Femaledeer" emails indicate that Radcliffe did try to settle his claims with Purdue, but later retracted this offer after being told by an attorney that qui tam claims could not be settled without the government's consent. 2d at 820 ("If there is a dividing line to be found between Hall and Green, it is the fullness of the government's investigation, not the timing of the release."). Ramseyer recalls receiving a telephone call from a West Virginia attorney regarding a possible qui tam suit against Purdue at some point prior to September 27, 2005. Hurt thus acted in bad faith by bringing an action when he knew that Relators had no personal knowledge of the allegations he drafted in their name.. 2d at 1272. 2d 815, 818 (S.D. That agency investigated and concluded that it could not substantiate the allegations. The Fourth Circuit follows a three-step approach in determining whether the public disclosure bar applies. regarding the relative potency of oxycodone." 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