Feds Say Kickbacks Paid to Increase use of Risperdal
Increase use of Risperdal. Johnson & Johnson has been charged with paying kickbacks to the Omnicare nursing home chain in order to increase the use of its drugs at the chain's homes. While Johnson & Johnson was allegedly paying kickbacks, federal prosecutors claim that Omnicare’s annual purchases of the company's drugs, … [Read more...]
Device Makers and Doctors: Relationships Far Too Cozy
Doctor Receives Thousands From Device Makers. Dr. Patrick Chan>, a back doctor in Arkansas, was at the center of an FBI investigation that involved him receiving thousands of dollars in kickbacks such as computers, cash, and a honeymoon from medical device makers. Chan was convicted on criminal charges for soliciting and receiving … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleges Medical Device Makers Paid Illegal Kickbacks to Doctors
Medical Device Makers Paid Kickbacks To Doctors. A Pennsylvania medical supply company is suing six joint implant manufacturers over alleged illegal kickbacks to doctors. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh on Monday, alleges that the defendants blocked Intermedics-McCullough out of the market despite selling … [Read more...]
Probe into Medical Device Kickbacks Now Targets Doctors
Medical Device Kickbacks Investigated. Federal investigators looking into kickbacks in the orthopedic device industry have apparently set their sites on another target - doctors who received these illegal incentives. The physician investigation is just the latest chapter in the government's ongoing probe of the financial … [Read more...]
Hip Implant and Joint Replacement Patients Hurt by Company Kickbacks
Nearly impossible to eliminate the Hip Implant illegitimate practice. Kickbacks from the makers of hip implants and other joint replacements to orthopedic surgeons are so prevalent that it has become nearly impossible to eliminate the illegitimate practice, an assistant inspector general with the Health and Human Services Department … [Read more...]
Bristol Myers Squibb to Pay $515M for Kickback
Bristol Myers Squibb to Pay $515 Million. Bristol Myers Squibb and its affiliate Apothecon, Inc. paid kickbacks to physicians for prescribing the company’s drugs and illegally promoted the off-label use of the anti-psychotic drug Abilify. Now, Bristol Myers Squibb has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a civil suit that … [Read more...]
