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False Claims Act: Device Maker Settles For $8 Million For Allegedly Selling…
An interesting False Claims Act issue cropped up in a recent $8 million settlement involving U.K.-based medical device…
Anti-Kickback Alert: Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Copayment Coupons and…
Pharmaceutical manufacturers routinely offer copayment coupons to reduce or eliminate the cost of patients'…
FCA Allegations Dismissed Against Pharmacies For Allegedly Overbilling…
A New York federal judge recently dismissed two separate cases brought by Fox Rx Inc.--one against Omnicare, the other…
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…
Public Disclosure Bar Blocks Recovery in Stryker False Claims Act Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a whistleblower suit against Stryker Corp. and other pain pump…
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…
OIG Releases Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring…
Many physicians and other healthcare providers refer a high volume of patient specimens to third party clinical…
D.C. Circuit Court Reaffirms Attorney-Client Privilege in Internal…
As reported by the law firm Husch Blackwell, a recent D.C. Circuit court decision reaffirms that the attorney-client privilege…
Celgene Faces Off-Label Promotion Lawsuit Over Successful Cancer Drugs…
Since 2006, Celgene Corporation has earned $20.9 billion from the sales of two of its drugs—Thalomid and Revlimid. The drugs are…
Antitrust Lawsuit Against Celgene Over Thalomid and Revlimid Focuses on…
Celgene's successful cancer drugs Thalomid and Revlimid are at the center of an antitrust action. On April 3rd, Mylan…