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
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
DEA opts against ban on herbal supplement kratom
(By Alicia A. Cardwell of Associated Press for ST A T) W ASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration has reversed
Read MoreTo stop FDA inspector, workers at Japanese drug maker formed a human barricade
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) S omeone at Nippon Fine Chemical must have been very nervous when an
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 ST A T) M ylan reached a $465 million settlement on Friday with the US Department
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 ST A T) A fter announcing that the herbal supplement kratom would be made as illegal
Read MoreGlaxo to pay $20 million for bribing doctors in China
(Ed Silverman for ST A T) G laxoSmithKline on Friday agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges of violating
Read MoreFormer Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) Y et another former Insys Therapeutics sales manager has been arrested in connection
Read MoreFDA approves first ‘artificial pancreas’ for diabetes treatment
(By Rebecca Robbins for ST A T) T he Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved 1 the first so-called
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