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Business Briefs Merck, GSK, Novo, Walgreen, Epocrates, Doximity

May 09, 2013

HPV vaccine price cut; Merck files new allergy med with FDA; GSK pursues online transparency; Walgreens ready for greater nurse autonomy; Epocrates ranks high among docs with tablets.
 

Novartis sued for alleged speaker-program abuse

April 29, 2013

The Swiss drug maker is defending itself against two civil fraud lawsuits filed within a week of each other.
 

Court could punt "Pay for Delay" back to Congress

March 25, 2013

Eight members of the Supreme Court heard testimony in the case of FTC v. Actavis this morning, and the fate of so-called "pay for delay" settlements hangs in the balance.
 

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's Connelly: We've changed our ways (and please don't imprison execs)

November 05, 2012

GlaxoSmithKline's Dierdre Connelly peeled back the curtain on the company's sales force incentives revamp in a speech to the Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress, and pleaded for recognition that the industry had cleaned up the sketchy practices of the Blockbuster Era.
 

For Forest, one Bystolic test down, six to go

October 29, 2012

Forest Labs may have settled a patent challenge from generics maker Hetero, but the drugmaker has yet to come to terms with six others.
 

J&J sales up, but earnings wiped out by settlements, product liability and recall costs

January 24, 2012

Days after a $158 million settlement of charges that its Janssen unit fraudulently marketed Risperdal in Texas, Johnson & Johnson forecast fourth-quarter net earnings of just $218 million due to settlement costs and the recall of its DePuy ASR artificial hip.
 

Merck wraps up Vioxx litigation with feds, states: $1b in fines, new CIA

November 22, 2011

Seven years after the biggest drug safety scandal since thalidomide was found to cause birth defects, Merck and the Justice Department announced a nearly $1 billion settlement of litigation over Vioxx, the Cox-2 pain drug found to cause strokes and heart attacks.
 

GSK hopes $3-bil. off-label settlement will end legal woes

November 07, 2011

GlaxoSmithKline's deal to resolve multiple US investigations into its sales and marketing practices—one of the largest settlements by a pharma company—aims to patch up several long-running legal disputes.
 

GSK values drive flips rep bonus incentives

January 25, 2011

The drug industry must move from a mindset that emphasizes compliance with regulations to one steeped in core values of integrity and transparency if it is to regain the public's trust, GSK's Dierdre Connelly said at a conference yesterday.
 

Company news: GlaxoSmithKline

January 18, 2011

GlaxoSmithKline said it will take a fourth-quarter legal charge of about $3.5 billion to cover the cost of a government investigation into its sales and marketing practices, as well as future product-liability cases related to diabetes drug Avandia.
 

Ruling in FTC-Watson case may sway pay-for-delay debate in Senate

July 19, 2010

A US magistrate judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its authority when the agency tried to pressure a generic drug company to enter into a business deal with a competitor.
 

AstraZeneca settles Seroquel off-label suit for $520m, CIA

April 27, 2010

AstraZeneca agreed to pay $520 million and enter a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement to settle a federal case against the company for off-label marketing of Seroquel, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services' Healthcare Enforcement Action Team announced.
 
  

Web Exclusive

Angelina Jolie's fearless but flawed message

Paul Oestreicher, Ph.D. May 17, 2013

Angelina Jolie's story raises important questions about education, outreach and access—but her nod to holistic treatments is less helpful
 

Podcasts

How to engage even the busiest physicians

March 04, 2013

Sponsored by TRUE Health + Wellness. The increasingly demanding schedules of healthcare professionals continue to narrow the window of opportunity for pharma sales teams, and, as a result, marketers are focusing more on non-personal promotion. However, there's a lot more to it than simply bombarding physicians with brand messages, as Anne Stroup, Managing Director at TRUE Health + Wellness, explains to MM&M's James Chase in this special podcast presentation.
 

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. 

Slideshows

MAHF 2013: Honors Class

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