Economics
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A New York doctor was convicted on Thursday of taking kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc. in exchange for prescribing a potent painkiller sold by the company, while he awaits trial on separate charges that he prescribed “staggering quantities” of Oxycodone and fentanyl that killed a patient… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A coalition of groups representing hospitals across the U.S. are challenging a Trump administration rule that would force hospitals to publicly disclose pricing information for health care items and services, calling the rule “unlawful, several times over”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Consumers accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of overcharging them for generic medications have won a bid to certify classes of drug buyers in New York and Arizona, bringing the total number of certified classes in the case to six… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A group of major pharmaceutical companies has agreed to pay a combined $242 million to resolve allegations they bilked Illinois’ government by inflating prices for medicines covered by the state’s Medicaid program, the Prairie State’s attorney general announced Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Reckitt Benckiser LLC won’t have to pay attorney fees racked up by generic-drug makers it unsuccessfully sued on claims that they ripped off patents for its Mucinex respiratory relief drug, although a New Jersey federal judge on Friday said the decision on the fees was a “close call”… Read this piece in its entirety at
Mike LaSusa 