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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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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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A "Simply Outstanding," "Superb" Hospital CEO Cops a Plea to Two Felonies
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10:59 AM
In all the discussions of what is wrong with US health care, very rarely is the quality of the leadership of health care organizations quest...
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C R Bard Settles Allegations of Kickbacks to Promote Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer
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9:28 AM
Screening for and aggressive treatment of prostate cancer has become an enormously lucrative business, if not necessarily a life-saving medi...
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Amgen CEOs Prosper Despite (or Because of) Continuing Ethical Questions
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8:31 AM
This is becoming a familiar narrative on Health Care Renewal : top health care leaders continue to enrich themselves while their organizati...
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How the "Revolving Door" and Other Aspects of Corporatism Benefited Amgen Just After its Settlement and Guilty Plea
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8:52 AM
At least here in these United States, our health care corporatism is bipartisan. Here we present a sorry story of how a company that should...
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'Tis the Season for Legal Settlements: GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Orthofix, Sanofi all Settle
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9:26 AM
Reports of legal settlements by big health care organizations tend to dribble out towards the end of the year, maybe in a rush to finalize t...
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