Jury awards former AstraZeneca sales manager $2.4M in whistleblower retaliation case

AstraZeneca and a former sales manager have each scored partial wins in the case of Suzanne Ivie, who alleged the company fired her after she raised concerns of off-label marketing.

While a federal jury in Oregon found that AstraZeneca violated whistleblower statute by firing Ivie after she made a "good faith" report of alleged marketing misconduct, jurors rejected allegations of age discrimination, Oregonlive reports. The jury didn't hold the drugmaker liable under the False Claims Act for marketing violations, either, according to the publication.