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Shire Pharmaceuticals Settles for $56.5 Million to Resolve False Claims…
The Justice Department announced last week that pharmaceutical company Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $56.5 million to…
PhRMA and DOJ Go Back and Forth Over Off-Label Speech and the First…
A whistleblower’s False Claims Act (FCA) suit in the Eastern District of California has caught the attention of the…
OIG and Justice Department Investigating Certain Blood Testing Labs for…
We outlined a special fraud alert that targeted the relationship between blood-testing laboratories and physicians. In…
False Claims Act Update Summer 2014
In December 2013, we noted that the government has been increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to combat fraud.…
New Enforcement Frontier? Medtronic Settles Medical Device Kickback Case…
A number of government attorneys have spoken at compliance conferences over the last year and noted that the days of…
Supreme Courts of Arkansas Reverses $1.2 Billion Judgments in Risperdal…
March 20, 2014: The Supreme Court of Arkansas overturned a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary,…
DHHS Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for Fiscal…
The U.S. recovered $4 billion last year through healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a report…
Endo Health Solutions Lidoderm Settlement and Corporate Integrity…
Endo Health Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Endo) have agreed to pay $171.9 million to resolve civil…
Enforcement Officials Encourage Companies to Ask the Hard Questions
Recently at the CBI Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress a group of State, DOJ and US Attorneys thoroughly reviewed the life cycle…
US Attorney: Consider the Strength of Your Corporate Compliance Program
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Carmen Ortiz, emphasized the importance of compliance programs early on during…