GlaxoSmithKline reached a $105 million settlement with Georgia and 44 other states this week for misrepresenting uses and qualities of its drugs Advair, Paxil and Wellbutrin.

Georgia will get $2.62 million from the settlement, said John Sours, the administrator of the Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection. The money goes in the state’s general fund. The Office of Consumer Protection is charged with prosecuting violations of the Fair Business Practices Act.

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