Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing the drug maker of bribing doctors to prescribe their medications. Paxton said the quid pro quo arrangements tainted millions of dollars of claims to Texas Medicaid.

Attorney General Paxton argues that the company’s programs and offerings were essentially bribes and resulted in millions in dollars charged to the state’s Medicaid program.

Texas Attorney General Ken Pax­ton said on Tuesday that he has sued pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY) for "bribing" medical providers to prescribe its profitable drugs, including weight loss medication.