Regulatory and Washington

02/18/2011 - 10:55am
Task force takes down Medicare fraud schemes

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force on Thursday charged 111 defendants in nine cities — including doctors, nurses and healthcare company owners and executives — for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving more than $225 million in false billing. The operation marks the largest federal healthcare-fraud takedown.

02/18/2011 - 10:15am
Impax granted FDA approval for generic Adoxa

A generic drug maker received regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its generic version of a bacterial infection treatment.

02/18/2011 - 8:27am
Industry advocates tout
 increase in generics use
02/18/2011 - 8:25am
Time to ‘smah-ten up’
02/18/2011 - 8:19am
CHPA, Congress propose dose of clarity for kids
02/18/2011 - 8:16am
First half of cold season ends with H1N1 hangover

All the hype around H1N1 
that was so prevalent in 2009 is gone, leaving only the tough comparisons a year later.

02/18/2011 - 8:16am
Tennessee latest 
to fight PSE status
02/18/2011 - 8:14am
Pa. supermarkets beat archaic liquor laws, expand beer, wine
02/17/2011 - 2:54pm
APhA encourages consumers to consult pharmacists about heart health

February is American Heart Month, and a professional group representing the country’s pharmacists is using that as an opportunity to encourage the public to learn how to prevent heart disease from the most easily accessible members of the healthcare system.

02/17/2011 - 2:45pm
Report: Exclusivity period for biotech drugs may be reduced to seven years

The Obama administration’s proposed budget for 2012 contains an item that could change the game for biosimilars, according to published reports.

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