DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the national law firm of Baron & Budd announced that Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Endo”) has agreed to pay $13.25 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the State of Texas under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (“TMFPA”). The suit alleged that Endo misrepresented and concealed information about the safety, efficacy and appropriate use of the drug Lidoderm® to the Texas Medicaid Program. This illegal conduct is alleged to have caused Lidoderm to be promoted in violation of federal and state law, and rendered false Endo’s sworn certifications of compliance to Texas Medicaid, which are required for drugs to be listed on the Texas Medicaid formulary.