Downfall of Jose Baselga Respected Cancer Researcher Due to Careless…
Some of our readers may be familiar with Jose Baselga, MD, PhD, the former Physician-in-Chief at the Memorial Sloan Kettering…
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2018
New Study Shows EHRs Can Be Beneficial, But Need Improvement
A new study involving clinicians who use electronic health records (EHRs) to perform certain common tasks provides compelling…
CMS Adds Option of Step Therapy for Medicare Plans
On August 7, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will provide Medicare Advantage plans the…
Sanofi Agrees to Pay $25.2 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018, Sanofi agreed to pay more than $25 million to resolve charges that its Middle Eastern and…
Text Books from Pharma to Doctors – “Direct Patient Education”?
Transparency is always a hot topic, and a recent tweet by Allan Coukell brought the issue to the forefront once again.
The…
FDA to Study Disclosures in Prescription Drug Advertisements
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laid out plans in an August 9, 2018, Federal Register publication to conduct…
House E&C Health Subcommittee Advances Six Bipartisan Proposals
On Wednesday, September 5th, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing, “Opportunities to Improve…
Senate Expected to Vote on Opioid Legislation includes Expansion of Open…
Last Thursday, Senate leaders announced that they had reached an agreement to bring a package of bills to address the nation's…
Prescription Copays More Expensive Than Full Price?
A study published this year by the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics,…
AstraZeneca Agrees to Settle Off-Label Marketing Suits
Recently, AstraZeneca Plc agreed to pay $110 million to settle two Texas claims that alleged the company cheated Texas’ Medicaid…