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China’s first compliance guidelines to prevent corruption risks in the life sciences industry

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On January 14, 2025, China issued the final version of its compliance guidelines for health care companies to prevent commercial bribery risks (“Guidelines”), which took effect immediately. The Guidelines are applicable to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

China’s Compliance Guidelines for Healthcare Companies Signal Areas of Future Enforcement

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On October 11, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) issued the Draft Compliance Guidelines for Healthcare Companies to Prevent Commercial Bribery Risks (“Draft Guidelines”). These guidelines...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Compliance as the Catalyst: ESG in Life Sciences

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Like many companies in other sectors, Life Sciences companies recognize that corporate social responsibility (CSR)–evaluated and measured by independent rating organizations and based on their compliance with any applicable...more

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CRO Engagement: A compliance checklist to identify red flags and prevent bribery compliance risks

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The engagement of Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) by pharmaceutical and medical device companies to manage some or all of their clinical trial-related duties and functions is becoming more and more relevant as the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Novartis’ Simultaneous Settlements Break Records

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) has started July with significant settlements, putting two different fraud and abuse matters behind them. In what has been identified as the largest settlement of an...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis US Corruption Settlements: Part 1 – Introduction

I have written extensively about the Novartis International AG (Novartis) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement, which was announced in late June. However, the enforcement action paled next to the Stipulation and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Data Analytics and Lessons Learned

This blog post will close my review of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Fines, Penalties and the Cost of Recidivism

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Novartis and Alcon FCPA Enforcement Action: Lessons Learned (Part III of III)

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At the outset, Novartis is “lucky” – the settlement is relatively positive, despite its 2016 SEC enforcement action in China.  Given Novartis weak culture of compliance (if anything, a better description may be a culture of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Internal Controls

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Novartis and Alcon: A Review of Bribery and Accounting Violations (Part II of III)

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Novartis and Alcon engaged in separate but significant bribery schemes.  Considering the fact that Novartis had a similar violation in 2016 in China involving much of the same conduct, Novartis’ conduct reflects a weak...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: The Bribery Schemes

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

Hogan Lovells

Why Healthcare and Life Sciences Companies Need to Step Up Their Compliance Efforts in Advance of a U.S. Government Investigation

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Gejaa Gobena discusses how the perception of compliance, remediation, and self-disclosure has evolved in the eyes of government prosecutors from how they factor at...more

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