Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Open Payments System Back Up After 11 Days…
August 14, 2014: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have fixed the technical problems that caused Open…
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Health IT Update Summer 2014
We have written previously about the "Meaningful Use" electronic health record (EHR) initiative, which is run by the…
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…
European Medicines Agency Inching Towards Clinical Trial Transparency
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Management Board has been inching towards a policy on clinical trial transparency.…
Public Distrust of Pharmaceutical Industry Could Harm Research and…
A recent article in Forbes argues that misplaced public distrust of the pharmaceutical industry could harm the research and…
Institute of Medicine Recommends Value-Based Payment System and More…
"There is a striking absence of transparency and accountability in the GME financing system for producing the types of physicians…
Pharmaceutical Adherence Programs Vital to Lowering Health Costs
New survey research from Ernst & Young (EY) finds that the majority of payers in the US and Europe believe that drug…
False Claims Act Update Summer 2014
In December 2013, we noted that the government has been increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to combat fraud.…
Open Payments System is Still Offline
August 7, 2014; 3:58 PM: "The Open Payments system has been taken offline temporarily to investigate a reported issue," says the…