August 22, 2016

Two Florida companies have been ordered to pay $17 million for deceptively marketing and billing for medications and services relating to the treatment of erectile dysfunction at an unlicensed medical clinic in Framingham, Massachusetts announced. The judgment, ordered by the Suffolk Superior Court, permanently prohibits Florida Men’s Medical Clinic, LLC (FMMC) and Men’s Medical Clinic, LLC (MMC) from operating unlicensed medical clinics in Massachusetts or deceptively marketing any medication or medical service relating to the treatment of erectile dysfunction in the state. Under the judgment, the two companies are also ordered to pay, between them, in excess of $17 million, with $6.3 million for restitution to Massachusetts consumers and the remainder in payments to the Commonwealth, including civil penalties. The companies have represented that they have ceased operations, and recovery of the amounts they are ordered to pay is uncertain. MA

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