Drugs and Biotechnology

• Cell Therapeutics Wins Federal Appeal to Pursue $22.8 Million Claim Against The Lash Group
  PRNewswire (November 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Idaho gets $115,000 from Sanofi-Aventis settlement
  AP (November 20, 2009)
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's Medicaid Division is getting nearly $115,000 as its share from a nationwide settlement with French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis.
   
  
• International Operation Combats Online Supply of Counterfeit and Illegal Medicines
  PRNewswire (November 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Apieron Alleges Evidence Shows Aerocrine Inventors Withheld Prior Art Information from Patent Office
  PRNewswire (November 18, 2009)
  
   
  
• TRACE Launches Compendium
  PRNewswire (November 17, 2009)
  
   
  
• Hungarian Cancer Formula Producer Questions U.S. Introduction of AveUltra
  PRNewswire (November 17, 2009)
  
   
  
• High Court Rules to Protect Interests of Twin Boys Born to German Couple
  PRNewswire (November 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• Michael S. Burg Appointed as Co-Lead Counsel in the Yasmin/Yaz Multidistrict Litigation
  PRNewswire (November 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Natural Alternatives International, Inc. Announces Filing of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
  PRNewswire (November 11, 2009)
  
   
  
• AG says Utah agrees to $24M Zyprexa settlement
  AP (November 11, 2009)
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah has agreed to a $24 million settlement with Eli Lilly & Co. over claims the drugmaker engaged in off-label marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Wednesday.
   
  
• VA pays to settle lawsuit over Mich. vet's death
  AP (November 10, 2009)
  DETROIT (AP) - The federal government has agreed to pay $218,500 to settle a lawsuit over the fatal drug overdose of a young Michigan veteran who served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq.
   
  
• Eleven National Consumer Organizations Send Letter Strongly Opposing Medical Malpractice Limits in the Health Care Bill
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• CMS Admits New Surety Bond and Accreditation Requirement for Home Medical Equipment Suppliers Creating Patient Access Issues
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Nation's Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturer to Pay $112 Million to Settle False Claims Act Cases
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Omnicare will settle kickback cases for $98M
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Omnicare Inc., which dispenses drugs to nursing homes and long-term care facilities, will pay $98 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks to nursing homes to gain their business, and also received kickbacks for buying and recommending drugs.
   
  
• Chairmen Picked for March 2010 Asbestos Litigation Conference
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• 15 states sue Amgen alleging kickback scheme
  AP (October 30, 2009)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Biotechnology behemoth Amgen Inc. is being sued by 15 states alleging the company gave kickbacks to medical providers to help boost sales of the anemia drug Aranesp.
   
  
• Detroit Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty in Medicare Fraud Scheme
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Witness: Nanny says drugs provided by defendants
  AP (October 29, 2009)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A nanny who worked for Anna Nicole Smith told an investigator the Playboy model's boyfriend and psychiatrist persuaded her to take drugs that left her sleeping for as long as three days, the investigator testified Thursday.
   
  
• Suit Filed Against State on Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
  PRNewswire (October 29, 2009)
  
   
  
• American Association for Homecare Proposes Strong Anti-Fraud Measures in Medicare, Applauds HHS Testimony Today That Pledges to "Stop Fraud Before it Starts"
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Stryker Statement in Response to the Indictment of Its Biotech Division
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Stryker Biotech and its Top Management Indicted for Illegal Promotion of Medical Devices Used in Invasive Surgeries
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Detroit-Area Physical Therapist Pleads Guilty in Medicare Fraud Scheme
  PRNewswire (October 27, 2009)