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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...

Pharma gift disclosure law wins Eli Lilly support

While its peers appear to be firmly opposed to such rules, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has decided to support federal legislation that would require drugmakers to disclose payments to doctors.... Read more...

Drug companies plan to disclose grant funding

Hoping to stave off outside regulation by Congress, a group of the nation's largest drug and device manufacturers have put forth plans to publicly disclose the grants they make to outside... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Las Vegas clinic may have infected 40,000 patients; Federal health IT spending to climb; and much more...

> Officials say 40,000 people may have been infected with HIV and hepatitis at a Las Vegas clinic, which was found to have re-used its syringes and medicine vials. Read more...

Minn. critics blast Lilly med monitoring program

Questions continue to dog the medication monitoring program managed by a contractor for drugmaker Eli Lilly, that has been working to cut costs for psychiatric medications for 20 Medicaid programs.... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Beth Israel expands in the 'burbs; Lilly funds healthcare literacy; and much more...

> Boston teaching hospital giant Beth Israel Deaconess is planning a $30 million expansion for one of its suburban locations. Article

> An Eli Lilly foundation has awarded an Indianapolis group about $500,000 to help
it train those with poor English skills to negotiate the health system. …

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Drug rep describes pharma marketing tactics

In yet another behind-the-scenes look at the drug industry, a former drug rep and a researcher who studies pharma marketing have published research outlining the pharma sales strategies. The article, which appears in journal PLoS Medicine, describe how drug reps use gifts, dinners, free samples and personal ties to manipulate physicians' prescribing patterns. Reps may also cozy up to office staffers if physicians won't meet with them. What's more, they usually come armed with …

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