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Biogen’s $900 million settlement signals scrutiny on speaker fees

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2009, former Biogen employee Michael Bawduniak filed a lawsuit claiming that Biogen had violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by providing millions of dollars to healthcare providers (HCPs) as an incentive to prescribe three of its multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs. Biogen’s activity in multiple sclerosis.

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Frontiers Health Steering Committee spotlight – Paul Tunnah

pharmaphorum

Instead, he shifted to consulting and, after a period of time, the launch of pharmaphorum in 2009. “[My] But a change was underway, one we are now seeing realised in our day-to-day existence. “As

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Whistleblower gets $250m as Biogen settles US kickbacks case

pharmaphorum

Biogen has finalised a $900 million payment to settle a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that it paid kickbacks to US doctors to prescribe its multiple sclerosis drugs. That resulted in false claims for payment being submitted to the government healthcare programs Medicare and Medicaid, it alleged.

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Using alkali-metal cation recognition of ?-cyclodextrin to detect lithium ions by MALDI-TOF

European Pharmaceutical Review

Following post-doctoral studies on proteomics at Purdue University, under supervision of Professor Fred E Regnier, Ahmad joined the SMPA laboratory in 2001. Characterization of natural wax esters by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, J Mass Spectrom , 2009, 44, 101–110. An overview, J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem , 2009, 65, 237-248.

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Direct to Patient Healthcare

Healthcare Success

Lee Aase: But we came up with a strategy, and then we just sort of nudged our way into things over time and then around 2009, just based on some of the success we'd seen with some of the YouTube videos we'd done and some of those other projects. And hospitals notoriously conservative and doctors far more so. Lee Aase: Yeah.

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What are the Benefits of Patient Portals?

Referral MD

Since the inception of electronic health records (EHR) in 2009, the American medical practice has been transitioning to the cloud. Are there benefits for patients and the doctors that are required to set up these digital tools? What is it about patient portals that make them so beneficial to both the doctor and the patient?

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Top 10 Best Telemedicine Companies in the USA

Medico Reach

Understandably, almost 30% of Americans skipped all doctor visits last year, given the spiraling price of healthcare and the increasing complexity of our daily lives. Employee Size: 485 employees Website URL: [link] 2009 saw the launch of MDLive. Doctor on Demand Headquarters: San Francisco, California Revenue: $75.9

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