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Pharma & Medtech – Like Chalk and Cheese?
The pharmaceutical and medical technology industries appear to show marked transfer of value variations in this year’s Open…
At the Punishment Wheel – Are Medical Device Companies Getting…
The new Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. False Claims Act settlement has some in the industry wondering why CSI settled for such a…
History Repeating – Is Insys a Warner Chilcott Clone?
Recent arrests have once again left the pharmaceutical world wondering how many times do the same lessons have to be learned?…
Is the Carrot Bigger Than the Stick? – The DOJ’s FCPA “Pilot…
Kurt Stitcher, Senior Compliance Consultant
The U.S. Department of Justice's FCPA Pilot Program is nominally designed to…
How the FDA Is Doing with Medical Devices and the Medical Device Industry
The FDA and the GAO both released data on the FDA's performance in medical device regulation over the last several years. This…
Detecting the “Sham” in Speaker Programs
In late March 2016, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NPC) and the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of New York…
Pricing Bills Are Popping Up Everywhere – Review of State Prescription Drug…
The price of prescription drugs has created much controversy in recent years. This article examines why the…
Growing Like Weeds – MedTech Europe Adopts New Code of Ethical…
Europe adopted a new Code of Ethical Business Practice late last year. This article explores the purpose of the new Code,…
Breathing Life into Privilege, and the False Claims Act
Recent legal cases have highlighted the important issue of whether or not attorney-client privilege attaches to internal…