Doctor receiving cash Humira is one of the world’s biggest-selling medications, bringing in $18.4 billion in 2017–roughly two-thirds of  AbbVie’s revenue. (Photo: Shutterstock)

California’s insurance regulator is suing AbbVie Inc., alleging that the pharmaceutical giant gave illegal kickbacks to health-care providers in order to keep patients on its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira.

The company “engaged in a far-reaching scheme including both classic kickbacks — cash, meals, drinks, gifts, trips, and patient referrals — and more sophisticated ones — free and valuable professional goods and services to physicians to induce and reward Humira prescriptions,” the California Department of Insurance said in a statement.

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