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Generic drugmakers protest paying in for health reform
Looked at it one way, generic drug manufacturers are getting quite a break when it comes to financing health reform. Under the Senate Finance Committee bill approved last week, the hospital industry... Read more...
CVS Caremark attacked for allegedly deceptive drug ads
In what was supposed to be a bit of routine business, CVS Caremark recently sent out a series of promotional mailings to doctors on behalf of a handful of major drugmakers, including Eli Lilly,... Read more...
IOM slams practice of accepting pharma swag
Over the last 18 months or so, the political climate has gotten pretty darned unfriendly for doctors who chose to accept pharma money or gifts. In some cases their parent organizations have banned... Read more...
Government plans investigation of devicemaker kickbacks to surgeons
Federal health officials and prosecutors are mounting an investigation designed to identify doctors how accept kickbacks from drug and devicemakers for using their products. The investigation focuses... Read more...
Pfizer will disclose payments to health professionals
Pfizer has announced that it plans to make data on payments to healthcare professionals publicly available starting in early 2010, including not only physicians, but also researchers and research... Read more...
Lilly to pay $1.4B to settle Zyprexa marketing charges
For some time now, advocates for seniors have complained that anti-psychotic drugs were being used to chemically restrain demented patients, leaving them sedated and unaware. Now one drugmaker, Eli... Read more...
Eli Lilly to pay $62M to settle Zyprexa marketing charges
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has agreed $62 million to 33 states to settle charges that it Read more...
Cephalon settlement requires physician payments to be disclosed
Drugmaker Cephalon has agreed to pay $444 million to bring state and federal investigations of its sales and marketing practices to a close. As part of its settlement, Cephalon has agreed to plead... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Pharmas focusing on pet psych meds
Did you ever think your dog could suffer from dementia, OCD or an anxiety disorder? Apparently, pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Novartis do. The drugmakers are dishing out human... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: MD group wants pay for online work; Lilly working out its Zyprexa problem; and much more...
> The American College of Physicians has had enough. If you want its members to spend tons of extra time working with electronic medical records and personal health records and countless other... Read more...
