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  • Federal Authorities Seize Xiadafil VIP Tablets After Company Refuses To Recall Product, USA
    Publish Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized nearly $74,000 worth of Xiadafil VIP tablets, Lots 6K029 and 6K209-SEI, distributed by SEI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Miami, Fla. Although marketed as a dietary supplement to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and for sexual enhancement, these lots represent an illegally marketed drug containing an undeclared ingredient.
  • Amerigroup Announces Settlement In Largest Ever False Claims Case According To Goldberg Kohn - Goldberg Kohn Represented Whistleblower
    Publish Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    Although no agreement has been signed, Amerigroup announced that a settlement was reached today stemming from the largest jury verdict ever awarded under the False Claims Act and the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act, according to Goldberg Kohn. A jury had originally handed down a $48 million verdict against Amerigroup in 2006 that by law was tripled to $144 million. An additional $190 million was added in civil penalties.
  • Human Rights Watch Urges Iran To Release Or Charge Two HIV/AIDS Advocates
    Publish Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PDT

    Human Rights Watch on Monday said that Iranian authorities have not disclosed why two physicians known for their work on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment were detained last month or where they are being held, BBC News reports.
  • HealthMarkets Agrees To Pay $20M To Settle Multistate Investigation
    Publish Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PDT

    HealthMarkets, a health insurer that primarily sells coverage to the self-employed, on Monday agreed to pay $20 million to settle violations found by regulators in 36 states, USA Today reports.
  • HealthMarkets' Subsidiaries Reach Settlement With State Regulators
    Publish Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    HealthMarkets, Inc. has announced that its insurance subsidiaries have reached a comprehensive settlement with state insurance regulators leading a multi-state examination of HealthMarkets' insurance subsidiaries. "We have worked closely with insurance regulators during the multi-state examination and settlement process, and we understand our obligations to regulators, as well as our customers," said HealthMarkets chief executive officer Phillip J. Hildebrand.
  • Operating Department Practitioner Struck Off For Fraud, UK
    Publish Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    Operating department practitioner (ODP), Christopher Webster, has been removed from the HPC Register for falsely obtaining donations from medical companies. A panel of the HPC Conduct and Competence Committee heard that while employed by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Mr Webster along with one other individual set up a private bank account named the ODA Professional and Technical Development Fund.
  • Complaints About Advertising Of Medicines, UK
    Publish Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT

    The outcomes of the investigations into four complaints about the advertising of medicines have been published: Cases upheld -- Calpol Night (paracetamol & diphenhydramine hydrochloride) and CalCough Chesty (guaiphenesin) - Calpol website - June 2008 --
  • Chesterfield Man Sentenced For Illegal Sale And Supply Of An Unlicensed Sex Drug And Diazepam, England
    Publish Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT

    Mr Brian Wilsher (57) of 11 Erin Road, Duckmanton, Derbyshire, S44 5HQ was sentenced at Derby Crown Court on 18 July 2008 to 34 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months and 200 hours unpaid work for the illegal sale and supply of an unlicensed medicine and a Class C drug. The sentencing followed a joint prosecution by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Derbyshire Constabulary.
  • CNA Zeroes In On Serious Medical Errors
    Publish Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    Recently, CNA insurance companies issued a client bulletin to provide healthcare managers with risk management guidance on responding to serious medical errors or so-called "never events" because they never should have happened. Also known as "hospital-acquired conditions" and "serious reportable events," these medical errors are the subject of recently issued policy statements from the federal government, healthcare and consumer groups, and private insurers.
  • Convictions In Child Abuse Trials And Complex Questions Asked By Defense Lawyers Linked
    Publish Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PDT

    Defendants in child abuse cases are more likely to be convicted if their defense lawyer uses complicated language when interrogating young victims according to new research out of the University of Toronto and the University of Southern California.
  • FDA Reaches Settlement With California Hearing Device Maker
    Publish Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached a settlement with California hearing device manufacturer Advanced Bionics LLC and its president and CEO Jeffrey Greiner over alleged violations of federal law. The alleged violations involved the failure to notify the FDA of a change of outside supplier or vendor, which may have exposed patients to unnecessary health risks, such as device failure and surgery.
  • New Trainee Doctors Warned About Pitfalls Of Relying On NHS Indemnity Scheme, UK
    Publish Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

    "Don't think you can rely solely on the NHS indemnity scheme, even if you're only going to work in the National Health Service" is the message to thousands of junior doctors embarking on specialist training posts this August, from an expert indemnity organisation.
  • Newly Qualified Nurse Struck Off, UK
    Publish Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT

    A 26 year old registered nurse from Welling, Kent has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for failures in sharps handling and disposal. Newly qualified Jemma Breslin was working at Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust in February 2007 when she was charged with going against the hospital's procedure and policy by administering a controlled drug without the assistance or witness of a colleague.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Agrees To Pay Over $9M To Massachusetts Medicaid Program To Settle Allegations Of Improper Marketing And Business Practices
    Publish Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

    Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office has entered into an agreement with international pharmaceutical manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) to settle a variety of allegations of improper sales, marketing and price reporting practices. Under the terms of the settlement, BMS will pay $9,214,659.43 to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program.
  • ASHP Summit To Take On IV Medication Errors
    Publish Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PDT

    ASHP has called together top experts in medication safety for a summit next week that will create a national strategy to prevent harm and death from intravenous medication errors.
  • Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Seeking Social Security Disability Benefits
    Publish Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDT

    People with severe disabilities know what it means to wait. They wait medical test results; they wait doctors' diagnoses and they wait for answers to their questions about the future. Delays are typical for people filing for
  • Obama Criticizes McCain On Supreme Court Judges
    Publish Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PDT

    Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) "drew sharp contrast" with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on abortion rights, equal pay for women, and family and medical leave during campaign events in New York and Virginia, the Los Angeles Times reports.
  • Nurse Struck Off For Incompetent Practise, UK
    Publish Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PDT

    A 51 year old adult nurse from East Ham, London has been struck off the register following a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC's) independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel. Philomena David was employed as an E grade practise nurse at Plasnet Road Medical Centre, Maidstone between January 2005 and August 2005 when a string of incidents occurred where she failed to demonstrate the standard of knowledge, skill and judgement required to practise without supervision.
  • Attack On Wife Gets Nurse Struck Off, UK
    Publish Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDT

    A 43 year old registered nurse from Kirkintilloch, Scotland has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for an assault conviction that left his wife severely injured and his fitness to practise impaired. George Preston was convicted of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement at Glasgow Sheriff and Jury Court in March 2006.
  • CMS Official Kuhn Tells Panel New System Will Prevent Fraudulent Medicare Claims From Using Dead Doctors' Names
    Publish Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PDT

    CMS Deputy Administrator Herb Kuhn on Wednesday said that under a fraud-prevention system introduced in May, the agency will cross-check the names of physicians appearing on Medicare claims with the Social Security Administration's database of death reports, CQ HealthBeat reports.
  • National Pharmacist Group Tackling Heparin Errors
    Publish Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDT

    The recent medication errors affecting 17 infants in Texas serve as a tragic warning, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). "Our hearts go out to the families and pharmacists involved in this very sad accident," said Henri R. Manasse, Jr., Ph.D., Sc.D. "This regrettable incident is yet another example that these types of preventable medication errors will continue unless immediate and significant steps are taken in hospitals throughout the U.S.
  • McCain Talking More About Judicial Issues Than Obama In Recent Stump Speeches, The Politico Reports
    Publish Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDT

    The Politico on Tuesday examined the amount of attention presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are giving to Supreme Court appointments.According to The Politico, despite Obama's background as a lawyer and college constitutional law lecturer, he does not talk about judicial nominations in his stump speech.
  • London Duo Sentenced For Trafficking Counterfeit Medicines And Dealing In Controlled Drugs Worth Just Under Half A Million Pounds, UK
    Publish Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

    Two men from London were sentenced at Kingston Crown Court for the illegal sale and supply of Class C drugs and counterfeit medicines. The sentencing followed an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Mr Shabbir Hussain (55) of 94 Dollis Hill Lane, Cricklewood, London, NW2 6JD was sentenced to four years imprisonment.
  • HPV Vaccine Gardasil Under Investigation For Adverse Events, New York Post Reports
    Publish Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:00:00 PDT

    Lawyers for two girls who received Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil last month filed the first two claims under the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the New York Post reports.
  • WellPoint Agrees To Pay $11.8M To California Hospitals Over Health Insurance Policy Cancellations
    Publish Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDT

    WellPoint on Monday agreed to pay $11.8 million to about 480 private and public hospitals in California to resolve allegations that subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross failed to pay the bills of patients who had their health insurance policies canceled after they received treatment, the

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