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Small Companies Are Not Immune From Prosecution – The Case Of Life Spine,…
n July 2019, the Department of Justice announced a False Claims Act suit filed against Life Spine, Inc., for violations of the…
The Chaos Over Drug Compounding Continues As Judge Throws Out Convictions…
A federal judge in Boston recently overturned the convictions of two former NECC executives who had been convicted of defrauding…
Opioid Case Tests The Boundaries Of Liability – Oklahoma, J&J And The…
The first opioid case to go trial has just concluded in Oklahoma with J&J as the sole defendant. This case is important for…
Mallinckrodt Sues CMS and HHS Over Rebates
Recently, a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt PLC, Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Health…
Three Pharma Companies Sue HHS, Judge Rules in Their Favor
In June 2019, several drug manufacturers filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
Insys $225 Million Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement
Last month, buried in all the other Insys news, was the news that Insys Therapeutics agreed to pay $225 million and plead guilty…
Supreme Court Sends Merck’s Fosamax Product Liability Case Back to Appeals…
The US Supreme Court vacated and remanded a products liability case involving claims alleging a failure to warn about risks of…
Oklahoma Opioid Trial Starts…Against Only One Defendant: Johnson and…
In June 2017, the state of Oklahoma sued several pharmaceutical companies for their alleged roles in the state’s opioid epidemic.…
Pharma Executives on Notice: Jury Convicts Insys Founder and Four Former…
On May 2, 2019, a federal jury convicted the founder and four former executives of Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (Insys) of a…
Indivior Indicted in Alleged Multibillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
On April 9th, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal grand jury returned a 28-count criminal indictment…