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Burr & Forman

Medicare Announced First 10 Drugs for Upcoming Price Negotiations

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In 2024, Medicare will, for the first time, have authority under the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers. On August 29, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

Knobbe Martens

Merck Sues Federal Government Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

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On June 6, 2023, Merck & Co. filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in federal court over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)’s Medicare drug price negotiation program, which allows Medicare to directly negotiate prices...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Cracking down on medical hype could cut $30 billion in wasted costs

When reformers look for ways to slash the ever-higher costs of American medical care, one line item should leap from television screens, print pages, and radio broadcasts: How does the nation benefit from medical enterprises...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Is Off-Label Drug Promotion Protected Free Speech?

It is a very common practice. Drug sales reps visit a client, usually a hospital, a clinic or a doctor, with the sole purpose of selling a drug or medical device. That is the primary way a doctor learns about a drug or...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Second Circuit Vacates Conviction Based on Off-Label Promotion, Deals Blow to Government Theory in Drug Marketing Cases"

In a much-anticipated opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded the conviction of Alfred Caronia, a former pharmaceutical sales representative convicted of conspiring to introduce a...more

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