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 Department Of Justice

Business briefs: Gilead, Shire, The Medicines Co., HHS

February 04, 2013

HHS wants input for its TXT4Tots childhood advice program, Gilead releases some Hep. C clinical trial data, and Shire settles with the DOJ over disputed marketing practices.
 

GSK in biggest-ever $3b marketing fraud settlement

July 02, 2012

GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion to settle state and federal charges that it promoted antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin for unindicated uses and withheld safety data on diabetes drug Avandia.
 

DOJ hit pharmas for $2.2 billion in 2011 False Claims Act cases

December 20, 2011

Pharmas shelled out $2.2 billion in False Claims Act fines and settlements with the Justice Department this year as the feds' healthcare fraud haul hit an all-time high.
 

Former sales rep to argue First Amendment protection in court

December 02, 2010

A federal appeals court has agreed to hear oral arguments about whether the First Amendment protects a sales rep's ability to share information about off-label uses of a drug.
 

CIAs pressure pharma to rethink sales rep compensation

October 05, 2010

Novartis's recent off-label settlement with the Department of Justice -- to the tune of $422 million -- also included the signing of a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) requiring the Swiss-based manufacturer to review incentive-based compensation for reps, and to examine "the extent to which compensation is based on product performance," according to the CIA.
 

Forest Labs to pay $313 million in DOJ settlement

September 16, 2010

Forest Laboratories is the latest pharmaceutical company to settle unlawful marketing allegations with a multi-million dollar payout - over $313 million - to the Department of Justice (DOJ), just two weeks after Allergan agreed to pony up $600 million to settle illegal Botox marketing practices.
 

Allergan drops FDA lawsuit as part of off-label settlement

, Matthew Arnold September 02, 2010

Before Allergan could begin settlement negotiations with the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- which ended with an agreement to pay $600 million on Wednesday -- DOJ required the Botox manufacturer to first withdraw a First Amendment lawsuit against the FDA filed last October.
 

Sales reps at J&J unit to get 'ride-alongs' as part of CIA

May 04, 2010

As part of an $81 million off-label settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OMJPI) sales reps will be buddied up with internal compliance monitors tasked with observing and reporting the rep's behavior out in the field.
 

Pfizer pays $2.3 billion for deceptive marketing practices

September 02, 2009

The world's largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice, to resolve criminal and civil liability charges arising from the illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products, the Justice Department announced today.
 
  

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What NOT to say to an MS Patient

Dorothy Wetzel June 07, 2013

It is often hard to find the right words when talking to a patient, friend or family member with MS. Even with training and awareness of the disease, we often blurt out something we think is innocuous only to find out later that we have deeply offended. The Health Activists that Extrovertic spoke to had some suggestions for having positive conversations with someone with MS.
 

2013 Hall of Fame Inductees

An entertaining look at the extraordinary lives and careers of the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame's 2013 inductees: Peter Frishauf, Dorothy Philips and David Labson. Clips produced by JUICE Pharma. 

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MAHF 2013: Honors Class

A gallery of images from the 2013 Medical Advertising Hall of Fame induction dinner
 
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