DTC DTC Studies Shows Patients Next Step is to Research Their Own Conditions Thomas Sullivan May 31, 2019 0 As reported by Regulatory Focus, a new review of studies of direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising identifies…
Medical Legal Oklahoma Opioid Trial Starts…Against Only One Defendant: Johnson and… Thomas Sullivan May 30, 2019 0 In June 2017, the state of Oklahoma sued several pharmaceutical companies for their alleged roles in the state’s opioid epidemic.…
Uncategorized HHS-OIG Quarterly Report on Medicare Part B Identifies 10 Drugs for… Thomas Sullivan May 29, 2019 0 The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) provided its quarterly report on the…
Uncategorized DOJ Issues New Guidance for FCA Compliance Cooperation Credit Thomas Sullivan May 28, 2019 0 The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new guidance to its litigators on cooperation credit in False Claims Act cases. This new…
Congress MedPAC Provides Congress Policy Options to Reigning-In Specialty Drug… Thomas Sullivan May 24, 2019 0 On April 4-5, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (“MedPAC”) held a public meeting in Washington, DC to discuss issues…
Uncategorized Fresenius Agrees to $231 Million FCPA Settlement to Resolve Allegations of… Thomas Sullivan May 23, 2019 0 Recently, Fresenius Medical Care agreed to pay approximately $231 million to resolve a case brought by the Department of Justice…
Congress Senate Finance Committee Reviews MACRA Implementation and Solicits… Thomas Sullivan May 22, 2019 0 On May 8, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to examine the first two years of implementation of the Medicare…
CME Rockpointe Launches New Obesity CME Program on Amazon Alexa-enabled… Jason Thomas May 22, 2019 0 Rockpointe and joint provider Boston University School of Medicine have launched a new CME activity on Amazon Alexa-enabled…
Uncategorized Prescription Drug STAR Act, Intended to Increase Drug Price Transparency,… Thomas Sullivan May 21, 2019 0 Recently, the House Ways & Means Committee unanimously passed the Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability,…
Uncategorized Coalition of 44 States Files Antitrust Suit Against 20 Generic Companies… Thomas Sullivan May 20, 2019 0 Connecticut Attorney General William Tong along with 43 other State AG’s filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District…