CME Merck Vioxx Corporate Integrity Agreement and Continuing Medical Education… Thomas Sullivan Apr 5, 2012 0 Recently Merck agreed to pay $950 million and pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales of the painkiller…
Uncategorized Medicare Fraud: The Case of HHS Spending $77 Million to Find $7,591 in… Thomas Sullivan Apr 4, 2012 2 According to a recent article from the Associated Press, “a computer initiative to stop fraudulent Medicare billing at…
Research Marrying Earlier Life Science Research with Financing Thomas Sullivan Apr 3, 2012 0 Sanofi CEO Chris Viehbacher recently spoke with journalists during the recent CED Life Sciences Conference in Raleigh, North…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG Budget FY 2013 Compliance Assistance and Enforcement Thomas Sullivan Apr 2, 2012 0 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its FY 2013 budget for its various offices and sub-agencies, including…
Government Agencies HHS Regulatory Priorities for 2012 Thomas Sullivan Mar 30, 2012 0 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report of its Regulatory Priorities for FY 2012.…
Research Study Dispels the Myth of Publication Bias in Industry Supported Rheumatoid… Thomas Sullivan Mar 29, 2012 0 A recent study published in the Journal of Arthritis & Rheumatism assessed the association of industry funding with the…
HHS-OIG HHS OIG: Pharmaceutical Compliance Roundtable 2012 Report Thomas Sullivan Mar 28, 2012 0 As we have covered numerous times over the past few years, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers have been increasingly…
Healthcare Reform HHS Global Health Strategy 2012 Thomas Sullivan Mar 27, 2012 1 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its “Global Health Strategy” (GHS). Although the chief mission of HHS…
FDA FDA Advisory Committee Vacancies and Interests Thomas Sullivan Mar 27, 2012 2 Advisory Committees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are receiving a lot of attention lately. Most of the concerns…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine: Rockpointe a Medical Education Company Comments… Thomas Sullivan Mar 26, 2012 0 Rockpointe, Inc. recently submitted comments regarding Section 6002 of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—also…