State Policy Oregon Introduces Pharmaceutical Cost Transparency Bill; PhRMA and BIO… Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2015 0 On March 11, the Oregon House of Representatives introduced House Bill 3486, which would require pharmaceutical…
Medical Legal Johnson and Johnson Continues to Pay For Risperdal Thomas Sullivan Mar 18, 2015 0 In August of 2012, Johnson & Johnson paid a $181 million multi-state consumer protection settlement to resolve…
HHS-OIG HHS-OIG: Novartis Division, Sandoz, to Pay $12.6 Million in Civil Monetary… Thomas Sullivan Mar 17, 2015 0 The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) yesterday announced that Sandoz Inc. will pay $12.64 million to settle allegations it…
Transparency Medicare Payment Data and “When Transparency Isn’t… Thomas Sullivan Mar 16, 2015 0 Last year saw the release of two large physician databases—Open Payments and the “Medicare Provider Utilization and…
Events International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum:… Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2015 0 The ninth International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum is returning to Brussels, where the first was…
Affordable Care Act OIG Issues 2015 Health Reform Oversight Plan Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2015 0 HHS-OIG recently released their 2015 Health Reform Oversight Plan. The agency plans to hone in on the Affordable Care Act during…
DOJ Patient Safety Leader Pays $1 Million To Settle CareFusion Kickback Claims Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2015 0 CareFusion Corp. last year paid $40.1 million to settle allegations that it offered kickbacks to doctors in violation of the…
CME International Conferences: Pharmaceutical Codes Restricting Direct Payments… Thomas Sullivan Mar 11, 2015 0 Today we posted an article on Europe's medtech association's recommendation that companies phase out direct sponsorship…
CME International CME: MedTech Europe Calls For Phasing Out Direct Sponsorship… Thomas Sullivan Mar 11, 2015 0 On October 15, 2014, MedTech Europe, an alliance between the European Diagnostics Manufacturers Association (EDMA) and the Board…
CMS Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Doug Brown of CMS Addresses Data… Thomas Sullivan Mar 10, 2015 0 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a call today to assist stakeholders with the data submission…