The Risks of Healthcare Speaker Programs
Episode 173 -- Review of HHS-OIG Fraud Alert for Speaker Programs
On February 11, 2020, AGG’s Government Investigations practice chairs, Aaron M. Danzig and Sara M. Lord, conducted a webinar, titled “Life Sciences Investigations and Enforcement Actions: 2020 Year in Review and 2021...more
Under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), foreign health care professionals (“HCPs”) are considered “foreign officials” for purposes of the statute’s antibribery prohibitions and recordkeeping requirements. Most...more
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) recently entered into a civil settlement agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that the company paid health care practitioners (HCPs) who spoke...more