AstraZeneca to pay $250,000 to 124 women subjected to pay discrimination

VIA PharmaGossip: AstraZeneca, makers of SEROQUEL

"PHILADELPHIA — AstraZeneca, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, will pay $250,000 to 124 women who were subjected to pay discrimination while working at the corporation's Philadelphia Business Center in Wayne, Pa. The action resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2010 alleging that the company discriminated against female sales specialists by paying them salaries that were, on average, $1,700 less than their male counterparts."

OFCCP, U.S. Department of Labor v. AstraZeneca Docket Number: 2010-OFC-00005
via dol.gov