Physician Payment Sunshine: DC Transparency Report, State Transparency Law…
ScienceDaily recently reported physician and hospital payments from pharmaceutical companies for the District of Columbia in 2011.…
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Physician Payment Sunshine: ProPublica Database Leads with Disparaging…
Doctor collaborates with industry to conduct lifesaving, breakthrough research.” “Doctor educates colleagues about safety and…
OIG Special Fraud Alert – Physician Owned Distributors
OIG recently published a Special Fraud Alert on physician-owned entities that derive revenue from selling, or arranging for the…
Global Education Group Survey: 98% Credit CME as Helpful in Improving…
A recent survey developed by Global Education Group and Medical Meetings magazine, sought to determine whether attending…
FDA Reorganizing Office of Prescription Drug Promotion
Janet Woodcock, Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced…
OIG Offers Compliance Tips for Healthcare Boards, Executives
Two of the most recent settlements involving pharmaceutical
companies alleged to have engaged in off-label promotion, included…
Court Upholds InterMune Executive Conviction on Misleading Speech
In December of last year, we reported on a landmark ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New…
Resolving Conflicts of Interest in CME
With increased focus on transparency and reporting or monitoring conflicts of interest (COI), there is more and more pressure on…
Medical Students Eating Lunches but Feeling Guilty
Eating lunches and feeling guilty is something we are supposed to do when we are older after we have gained some weight. But now…
Par Pharmaceuticals Settles Off-Label Case, Drops First Amendment Case
Earlier this month, New Jersey-based Par Pharmaceutical
Companies Inc. (“Par”) pleaded guilty in federal court agreed to pay $45…