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A New, and Huge ($2.2 Billion) Settlement for Johnson and Johnson, but "No Individuals were Charged with Wrongdoing"
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2:39 PM
The march of legal settlements made by big health care organizations has resumed with a bang. As reported in most major media outlets, gian...
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There They Go Again - Omnicare to Settle for $120 Million
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11:12 AM
The march of legal settlements seems to be on its way again. The Latest Settlement The details, per Reuters, Omnicare, Inc, a leading U.S....
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Justice Delayed - Two Device Companies Still Settling Cases from 10 Plus Years Ago
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1:37 PM
Here we go again. After a hiatus during which the US media and perhaps parts of the government were preoccupied with such issues as the on...
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Stryker
The Mystery of the Northwestern Settlement - the Plot Thickens
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1:02 PM
A few weeks ago, we wrote about this curious case. How the Case Stood Northwester University, a prominent research university, settled charg...
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cancer
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The Mystery of the Northwestern Settlement
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11:27 AM
Watson, quick, the game's afoot. We have discussed a large number of legal settlements by large health care organizations that serve a...
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Northwestern University
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Pfizer's Umpteenth Settlement (for $491 Million Plus a Guilty Plea), but No Person Held Responsible
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1:12 PM
The world's largest research based pharmaceutical company was in court again, as reported by the New York Times, The drug maker Pfizer...
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Why Do People Think US Health Care is Corrupt? - The Examples of Amgen, Mallinckrodt Settling Charges of Giving Kickbacks to Doctors to Induce them to Prescribe Their Products, While No Individual Suffers Negative Consequences
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12:18 PM
We recently posted a discussion of the results of Transparency International's 2013 corruption barometer , focusing on the US results. ...
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