- Omnicare agrees to settle with government in anti-kickback suit (modernhealthcare.com)
Omnicare and the federal government plan to settle a lawsuit accusing Omnicare of accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories in exchange for pushing doctors to prescribe a certain drug to dementia patients,..
- Ex-pharma manager pleads guilty in drug sales fraud (reuters.com)
..former district manager for drugmaker Warner Chilcott has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with sales of osteoporosis medications Actonel and Atelvia.
- ‘Stunning’ number of large drug doses by doctor, expert says (news.yahoo.com)
Patients of a Detroit-area doctor received "stunning" doses of a powerful, expensive drug that exposed them to life-threatening infections,..as a judge heard details about a cancer specialist who fleeced insurance companies and harmed hundreds of people....
- AstraZeneca and Cephalon to Pay $46.5 Million and $7.5 Million, Respectively, for Allegedly Underpaying Rebates Owed Under Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (justice.gov)
AstraZeneca LP has agreed to pay the United States and participating states a total of $46.5 million,..to resolve allegations that it knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
- Here’s Why Authorities Searched The Offices Of Controversial Autism Doctor Bradstreet (forbes.com)
Jeff Bradstreet … target.. of a search related to an experimental drug for autism….The compound, globulin component macrophage-activating factor,..(GcMAF),… authorities were seeking…“evidence of a crime and contraband, fruits of crime, or items illegally possessed” associated with violations of interstate commerce…products that are “adulterated or misbranded”…
- New York State Corrections Officer and 11 Additional Members and Associates of a Queens-Based Sect of the Bloods Gang Arrested on Narcotics Conspiracy Charges (dea.gov)
12 members and associates of the Bloods street gang located in Queens, New York, including Covel Duncan, a New York State Corrections Officer at Riker’s Island, were arrested on narcotics trafficking charges...
- Prosecutor reviewing cases of kids getting wrong medicines at Salem County clinic (nj.com)
The cases of five children receiving improper medicine at a county-run clinic for the uninsured is being reviewed to see if the incidents are criminal,..."The matter is being reviewed by our office to determine if the conduct rises to the level of a crime," according to Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan.
- Oklahoma: Executions Are Set for 3 Who Lost Appeal Over Drug (nytimes.com)
Oklahoma’s highest criminal court...set execution dates for three death row inmates who challenged the use of a drug that will be used in their lethal injections.
- FDA warns consumers to check any generic Valium bought online; it may be dangerous (fiercepharmamanufacturing.com)
FDA said…that more than 700 adverse reactions have been reported by the World Health Organization in Central Africa of patients who took medication that was marked diazepam but which lab testing showed contained instead the active ingredient, haloperidol,…
- Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong receives National D.A.R.E Award (nevadaappeal.com)
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong is being honored by D.A.R.E America and the Drug Enforcement Agency as the 2015 DEA/D.A.R.E Law Enforcement Executive of the Year. The award is given to a law enforcement officer who is committed to drug prevention and enforcement.