Kmart Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC), has agreed to pay $32.3 million to the United States to settle allegations that in-store pharmacies in Kmart stores failed to report discounted prescription drug prices to Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE.
The False Claims Act lawsuit, which was filed in 2008 by...
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Whistleblower paid record $78 million award in False Claims Act case against Celgene Pharma
Whistleblower Beverly Brown has received a award of more than $78 million for her efforts in obtaining a $280 million False Claims Act settlement against Celgene Corporation. The reward and settlement amounts are among the largest ever to date.y. The False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to bring suit in the name of...
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Drug maker United Therapeutics pays $210 million to settle kickback False Claims Suit
Pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics Corporation has agreed to pay $210 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking UT’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
When a...
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Consumer Watchdog Group Sues Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline for allegedly false statements on Voltaren to treat osteoarthritis
An Australian Consumer Watchdog Agency Says Misleading Claims Will Ultimately Hurt the Public
An Australian Consumer Watchdog group is taking two big pharmaceutical companies to court. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says that Novartis (NVS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are making false claims about a topical gel and pocketing the profits.
Misleading the Public
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Davita Rx pharmacy pays $63.7 to end False Claims Act case including kickbacks
DaVita Rx LLC, a nationwide pharmacy that specializes in serving patients with severe kidney disease, agreed to pay a total of $63.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to improper billing practices and unlawful financial inducements to federal healthcare program beneficiaries, the Justice Department announced today.
The...
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S.E.C. charges Provectus Biopharmaceutical Co. for failing to reveal millions in CEO CFO perks
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Provectus biopharmaceutical company with failure to properly report as compensation millions of dollars in perks provided to its then-CEO and then-CFO. According to the SEC, Provectus lacked sufficient controls surrounding the reporting and disclosure of travel and entertainment expenses submitted by its executives. The order further finds that...
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Three drug makers use nurses in scheme to promote diabetes meds to docs say lawsuits
According to the publication STAT, a Boston Globe publication, three more drug makers have allegedly relied on fraudulent schemes where which nurses were used to illegally promote its diabetes medicines to physicians. The information comes from three unsealed lawsuits filed by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. The lawsuits allege that Gilead Sciences,...
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Doctor Indicted for Obtaining Controlled Substances (Opioids) by Deception and Health Care Fraud
On November 29, 2017 Charles J. Gartland, D.O., age 59 of Cochranville, PA was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of opioid diversion and health care fraud.
United States Attorney David J. Freed said the charges of the indictment were handed down based on the belief that...
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In The Shadows: The Mysterious Family Behind the American OxyContin Phenomena
Most people are aware that there is a serious Opioid crisis in America. But how many people know that the company who makes OxyContin, the highly addictive painkiller, is owned by a single family who has reaped billions of dollars of profits?
To say that the Sackler family has an impressive roster of monuments to...
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Opioid Fraud Unit Nabs First Indictment of Doctor
The DOJ's Opioid Fraud Unit is Seeing Movement in The Courts
The Department of Justice's newly formed Opioid Fraud Unit is seeing a bit of movement in the court's system. According to the blog White-Collared from Lexology, the Opioid Fraud Unit got its first indictment of what it considers an opioid dealer...
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