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Generic bill moves in the Senate by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On October 15th, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted out S. 369 ( here is the bill ), the ban on pay-for-delay settlements between brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers and ... Read on »

Second-largest US doctors group calls for stronger, better funded FDA to protect consumers from... by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last week, the American College of Physicians (ACP), a 129,000-member group of internal medicine physicians, and second-largest doctors group in the US, called for increased F ... Read on »

DOJ and qui tam lawsuits lead to guilty plea, $1.2 billion criminal fine and $1 billion settlement... by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Largest criminal fine imposed by US in any matter Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that its investigaton and several whistle-blower, or qui tam lawsuits ... Read on »

Support for PBM Transparency in Health Care Reform Growing by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Through several consumer-focused class action lawsuits, we have seen numerous deceptive schemes by different players in the drug industry to manipulate the complex national dr ... Read on »

Drug Savings still on the table in health reform? by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The White House, in its efforts to line up industry support for health reform, announced an agreement this spring with the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of Amer ... Read on »

Victims of faulty medical devices call for protections at Senate Hearing by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Medical Device Safety Act would restore needed safeguards and allow victims to be compensatedWhen 2 ½ year old Avery DeGroh’s defibrillator shocked her nine times ... Read on »

Judge Approves Final Settlement in McKesson Lawsuit by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This week, a federal court in Massachusetts granted final approval for a $350 million settlement to reimburse consumers and insurers who were victims of the alleged scheme to ... Read on »

Washington Post Editorial Supports a Ban on Pay-for-Delay Settlements! by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy An editorial in last week’s Washington Pos t recognized the significance of banning pay-for-delay settlements and the potential benefit to prescription drug consumers. ... Read on »

Former Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Executive Receives Slap on the Wrist for Lying to Feds by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy So where does lying to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) get you? For the former vice president of Strategy and Medical and External Affairs of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ... Read on »

Obama Dept. of Justice joins FTC in opposing pay-for-delay settlements by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On July 6, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit expressing a new DOJ view on pay-for-delay settlements. The brief ur ... Read on »

New Judge and New Obama Administration Position Sparking Developments in the in the Provigil... by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Recently, a new judge was assigned in a PAL-member national class action lawsuit, In re Modafinil Antitrust Litigation (“Provigil”). The case has been all too qui ... Read on »

PHARMA stakes out position in health reform by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Today’s New York Times reports that PHARMA has finally staked out their agenda in health care reform – avoiding cost controls, and keeping generics off the market. ... Read on »

Wall Street Journal reports on $350 Million settlements with McKesson, FirstDatabank by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Deadline for claims in July 9, 2009! The Wall Street Journal today reported on the three settlements resulting from PAL member lawsuits against drug wholesaler McKesson Corpor ... Read on »

House Subcommittee Approves “Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009” H.R. 1706! by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Bill would ban the reverse payment settlements that are keeping new generics off the market!Yesterday, a bill to ban the “pay-for-delay” settlements between brand- ... Read on »

Court upholds datamining ban in VT; Also, April 25 was world Malaria day! by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A Vermont federal district court gave good news to advocates of a VT law to ban the use of prescriber information for marketing by the drug industry. Our friends at the Prescr ... Read on »

Deadline for Consumer claims in settlement concerning hundreds of doctor-administered drugs... by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Attention: Consumers of doctor-administered drugs: The court in the AWP litigation has extended the deadline to file consumer claims concerning these200 prescription drugs (li ... Read on »

Today is Medical Device Patient Lobby Day –Take a minute to help protect consumer rights to safe... by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Help reverse the medical device “tort reform” by the Supreme Court that has left thousands of injured patients without the right to sue, and puts many more patient ... Read on »

Two landmark settlements to roll back drug prices! by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy PAL’s most important lawsuit and settlement to date wins final approval!Yesterday, the Massachusetts federal District Court approved class action settlements with publis ... Read on »

Supreme Court Protects Consumer Rights in Wyeth v. Levine by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Today, the Supreme Court rejected arguments by the prescription drug industry that having their labels approved by the Food and Drug Administration should be a shield from s ... Read on »

Deadline for consumer claims for 200 doctor-administered drugs is this Saturday, January 31, 2009! by Prescription Access Litigation Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Deadline for claims in the $125 Million settlement of the AWP litigation is this week!You may be eligible for payment if you received a physician-administered drug between Jan ... Read on »

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