Drugmakers accused of price fixing
According to a lawsuit filed by 44 U.S. states on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, 20 drug
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks to Medicare Patients and Physicians
(Source – www.justice.gov) The Justice Department announced today that US WorldMeds LLC (USWM) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to
Read MoreFlorida healthcare exec convicted in $1.3B fraud case
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Philip Esformes, who operated a network of more than 30 skilled nursing homes
Read MoreBiotech accuses Dr. Soon-Shiong of orchestrating a ‘catch and kill’ scheme to protect cancer drug
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) A California biotech claims that the controversial billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD,
Read MoreDeath By A Thousand Clicks
(By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortune for Kaiser Health News) The pain radiated from the top of Annette Monachelli’s
Read MoreOpioid Litigation Brings Company Secrets Into The Public Eye
(By Brian Mann for NPR) America’s big drugmakers and pharmacy chains are scrambling to respond to hundreds of lawsuits tied
Read MoreIf Purdue Pharma declares bankruptcy, what would it mean for lawsuits against the opioid manufacturer?
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The legal battle over who’s at fault for the opioid crisis, which involves more than
Read MoreStates, eager to lower drug prices, regroup after courts strike down Maryland ‘price-gouging’ law
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — A legal setback in Maryland has state legislatures across the country re-examining their
Read MoreJustice Department calls for final approval in CVS-Aetna merger
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Department of Justice formally requested a judge sign off on its settlement
Read MorePurdue’s Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin’s strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows
(By David Armstrong for a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica) In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its
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