Louisiana AG reaches Medicaid settlement with five more drug companies
The settlements are the latest that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has secured since February. A total of 109 companies have been sued for reporting improprieties.
View ArticleDrug companies forge partnerships with top schools
Pharmaceutical companies that can no longer rely on lucrative patents to drive profits are increasingly teaming up with academia in search of the next big drug discovery.
View ArticleSupreme Court preempts generic drug design-defect claims
In a victory to generic pharmaceutical companies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that state design-defect laws that impose a duty on generic drug makers to either change their labeling in violation...
View ArticleCaldwell reaches final settlement in pharmaceutical lawsuit
The Louisiana Attorney General’s office announced today that its has recovered an additional $88.4 million in Medicaid funds as a result of a lawsuit against more than 100 pharmaceutical companies and...
View ArticleLouisiana health chief studies ways to force down drug costs
Louisiana's health secretary is clashing with the pharmaceutical industry over the high costs of hepatitis C drugs that she says are so expensive many infected people in the state go without treatment.
View ArticleDefense lawyer: Shkreli would lose $65M if convicted
A defense lawyer says former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli would lose a $65 million stake in a drug company he founded if he's convicted at his securities fraud trial.
View ArticleDrug firm founder indicted in opioid conspiracy due in court
The founder of a pharmaceutical company charged with leading a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid pain medication for people who didn't need it is due in court in Massachusetts.
View ArticleDrugmaker to pay Mississippi $33M in pricing lawsuit
Attorney General Jim Hood says a drugmaker will pay Mississippi $33.4 million in a lawsuit over drug pricing.
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