Compliance Chicago Releases Draft Rules on Industry Representative Licensure Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2017 1 In a city where crime rates are sky-high and illegal drugs are easily picked up on the street, on November 16, 2016, the City of…
Uncategorized Do DPA’s Work? – The BioMet Case Study Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2017 0 On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced publicly that Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (Zimmer…
Clinical Trial Transparency Whatever the Question, Transparency Isn’t the Answer Thomas Sullivan Mar 28, 2017 1 Many in political (and non-political) circles have blamed a lack of pricing transparency for increasing healthcare costs. However,…
FDA A Last Hurrah as CDRH Issues Guidances Before Obama’s Departure Thomas Sullivan Mar 28, 2017 0 In a last-minute attempt to put a permanent mark on the life sciences (and specifically, the medical device) industry, the…
Pharmacy Arizona Enacts Law: Pharmaceutical Companies to Legally Communicate… Thomas Sullivan Mar 27, 2017 0 As many of our readers know all too well, pharmaceutical companies are not permitted to discuss off-label, legal, alternative uses…
CMS “Open” Payments Portal Not So Open Thomas Sullivan Mar 27, 2017 0 Last Friday, several of our readers emailed us last week to let us know that they were having difficulty with logging in and…
Uncategorized Deloitte Survey on Value-Based Care Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2017 0 We have written for years about the transition in health care from volume-based to value-based payment models. But the process has…
Compliance Fourth Due Diligence Summit for Life Sciences Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2017 0 The 4th Due Diligence Summit for Life Sciences, taking place on May 18 and 19 of this year in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hyatt…
Congress Will Trump Repeal Medical Device Taxes? Thomas Sullivan Mar 23, 2017 0 Part of President Obama’s landmark health care bill, the Affordable Care Act, imposed a federal tax on medical devices. That tax…
CMS CMS Delays New Bundled Payments Model Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2017 0 In late-February, we reported that CMS had recently finalized new Innovation Center models. However, now, in an interim rule, CMS…