[SaneVax: Reported as the largest healthcare fraud settlement in history, the Department of Justice reports on the details of the recent GlaxoSmithKline case.] GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data By U.S. Department of Justice Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to […]
Merck – Too Big to Prosecute?
By the Alliance for Natural Health. There is a surprising reason why the government won’t go after drug companies for serious crimes. It is because government programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans Administration would then be barred from doing business with them! In 1999 the FDA approved Vioxx, a drug created by Merck and […]
Secret Government Workshop on Transparency Exposed
By Tom Fitton Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Detailing Secret Department of Justice Transparency Workshop Only in Washington would political appointees think it appropriate to keep secret a government workshop on transparency. And only in Washington would a politician promote his efforts on transparency while simultaneously taking steps to keep the American people in the dark […]
Merck gets DOJ subpoena on drug marketing
The Wall Street Journal Market Watch Aug. 8, 2011, 11:30 a.m. EDT By Peter Loftus The U.S. Justice Department has issued a subpoena to Merck & Co. MRK +0.97% as part of a criminal investigation into the marketing of certain drugs, Merck said Monday. The drugs are Temodar, which treats brain tumors; hepatitis C treatment […]
Merck gets subpoena tied to marketing of 3 drugs
Yahoo Finance On Monday August 8, 2011, 9:50 am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Department of Justice has issued Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK – News) a subpoena seeking information about the drugmaker’s marketing of three drugs acquired in its 2009 merger with Schering-Plough Corp. The subpoena, which Merck disclosed in its quarterly securities filing, […]
