March 13, 2017

Massachusetts-based Charles River Laboratories International Inc. agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by improperly charging for labor and other associated costs not actually provided on certain National Institutes of Health contracts relating to the provision of laboratory animals to the NIH. DOJ

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