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Court: Executives can be excluded from federal programs
Things just got a bit more difficult for just about every pharma company. A federal appeals court ruled today that the Department of Health and Human Services can legally exclude three former Purdue Pharma executives from doing business with federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid because the company illegally branded the powerful painkiller OxyContin. [...]
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Feds Will Not Ban Forest CEO From Health Programs
After months of mystery, the US Department of Health & Human Services has decided not to exclude Forest Laboratories ceo Howard Solomon from doing business with federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. The move ca... Read Post
Former Biotech CEO Fights Exclusion By Feds
Yet another pharmaceutical industry executive is fighting a move by the US Department of Health & Human Services to exclude him from participating in federal healthcare programs. The latest to go to court is W. Scott Harkonen, who o... Read Post
Feds Almost Banned Other Forest Executives
In its quest to exclude Forest Laboratories ceo Howard Solomon from doing business with federal healthcare programs, the US Department of Health & Human Services had also considered banning seven other Forest executives, but ultimat... Read Post