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DOJ Targets Physicians For Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Referrals
Last week we posted a comprehensive look at the increased scrutiny into laboratories that engage in referrals with…
Laboratory Referral Arrangements Under the Gun
Referral arrangements between laboratories and physicians have received a lot of scrutiny lately. Last week, it was…
Judge Dismisses Off-Label and Kickback Allegations Against Bristol-Myers…
District Court Judge William Bertelsman recently dismissed False Claims Act (FCA) allegations against Bristol-Myers…
BioChemics, Inc. Pays the SEC $17.9 Million For Allegedly Misrepresenting…
BioChemics, Inc., a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company was ordered Wednesday to pay a total of almost $18…
Securities Fraud Class Actions Doubled Against Life Sciences Companies in…
Life sciences companies are an “increasingly popular target of securities fraud class action lawsuits,” a recent survey…
Johnson and Johnson Continues to Pay For Risperdal
In August of 2012, Johnson & Johnson paid a $181 million multi-state consumer protection settlement to resolve…
HHS-OIG: Novartis Division, Sandoz, to Pay $12.6 Million in Civil Monetary…
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) yesterday announced that Sandoz Inc. will pay $12.64 million to settle allegations it…
Patient Safety Leader Pays $1 Million To Settle CareFusion Kickback Claims
CareFusion Corp. last year paid $40.1 million to settle allegations that it offered kickbacks to doctors in violation of the…
Seventh Circuit Lands On Expansive Definition of “Referral” in…
The Anti-Kickback statute forbids a doctor from receiving payment in return for making referrals. A recent Seventh…
DOJ Targets Small Pharma: Expects Companies To Mine Their Data For…
CBI’s Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress had an impressive array of presenters this year. The government speakers were all…