Settlement Reached to pay $28.1 Million
Omnicare, the nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $28.1 million
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
7 Insurers Alleged To Use Skimpy Drug Coverage To Discourage HIV Patients
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) The health law prohibits insurers from discriminating against people with serious illnesses, but
Read MoreDEA opts against ban on herbal supplement kratom
(By Alicia A. Cardwell of Associated Press for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration has reversed a plan to temporarily
Read MoreTo stop FDA inspector, workers at Japanese drug maker formed a human barricade
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Someone at Nippon Fine Chemical must have been very nervous when an investigator from the
Read MoreObama Administration Wants to Use Taxpayer Money to Settle Health Insurer Lawsuits. Here’s How a Republican Would Stop It.
(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal) Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah has mounted a campaign urging House Speaker
Read MoreMylan to pay $465 million to settle claims of shortchanging Medicaid
(‘By Ed Silverman for STAT) Mylan reached a $465 million settlement on Friday with the US Department of Justice and
Read MoreImproper and Illegal Drug Overcharges
In the new case of Mohr V. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 16-cv-03352, the plaintiffs’ claims the health insurer defrauded them by
Read MoreDEA reconsidering its ban on the herbal supplement kratom
(By Eric Boodman for STAT) After announcing that the herbal supplement kratom would be made as illegal as heroin, the Drug
Read MoreGlaxo to pay $20 million for bribing doctors in China
(Ed Silverman for STAT) GlaxoSmithKline on Friday agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt
Read MoreFormer Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Yet another former Insys Therapeutics sales manager has been arrested in connection with a scheme
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