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A New, and Huge ($2.2 Billion) Settlement for Johnson and Johnson, but "No Individuals were Charged with Wrongdoing"

Posted by | 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...

There They Go Again - Omnicare to Settle for $120 Million

Posted by | 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....

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

Posted by | 12:18 PM
We recently posted a discussion of the results of Transparency International's 2013 corruption barometer , focusing on the US results.  ...

A "Simply Outstanding," "Superb" Hospital CEO Cops a Plea to Two Felonies

Posted by | 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...

C R Bard Settles Allegations of Kickbacks to Promote Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Posted by | 9:28 AM
Screening for and aggressive treatment of prostate cancer has become an enormously lucrative business, if not necessarily a life-saving medi...

Amgen CEOs Prosper Despite (or Because of) Continuing Ethical Questions

Posted by | 8:31 AM
This is becoming a familiar narrative on Health Care Renewal : top health care leaders continue to enrich themselves while their organizati...

How the "Revolving Door" and Other Aspects of Corporatism Benefited Amgen Just After its Settlement and Guilty Plea

Posted by | 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...

'Tis the Season for Legal Settlements: GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Orthofix, Sanofi all Settle

Posted by | 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...