Entities that submitted Sunshine Act reports are now able to review and correct the 2013 “Open Payments” records returned from the intermingled data fix that resulted in CMS withholding a significant portion of the data. The agency expects the
Healthcare leaders talk transparency in the US and Australia
Pharma in Focus recently interviewed Rick Robinson, Norton Rose Fulbright’s global co-head of life science and healthcare and his Australian colleague and Norton Rose Fulbright partner Richard Fogl.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals to pay US$39.75m to resolve Texas Medicaid fraud enforcement action
On October 16, the Texas Office of Attorney General settled an enforcement action against Ranbaxy, an Indian manufacturer of generic drugs.
The settlement resolves the State’s lawsuit under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (“TMFPA”) against Ranbaxy for allegedly reporting
Third Circuit tightens up FCA original source rule
A decision from the Third Circuit this week makes it harder for whistleblowers to qualify as an “original source” under the False Claims Act (FCA).
The Third Circuit ruled in United States et al. v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP that whistleblowers
Food safety update
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a quick overview of legal issues affecting food safety, including the enactment of new statutes and regulations and significant case law developments, in the US and abroad.
Recent stories include:
Sunshine around the world
In the United States, the healthcare industry is familiar with the Sunshine Act’s tracking and reporting requirements related to payments and transfers of value to physicians, as well as to physician ownership and investment interests.
And around the world, new
FDA Warning Letter update
It is FDA’s practice to issue Warning Letters in order to provide individuals and companies an opportunity to take voluntary and prompt corrective action before it initiates an enforcement action. The agency’s position is that it issues Warning Letters only
Canadian company launches competition lawsuit in coffee pod dispute
In a lawsuit recently launched in Ontario, Canada Club Coffee, a Canadian coffee roasting company, has sued the makers of Keurig coffee brewers for $500 million dollars for alleged breaches of the CanadianCompetition Act and Trade-marks Act. In
WTO strikes down US country-of-origin meat labeling law
On October 20th, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) ruled against the United States, and in favor of Canada and Mexico, in an ongoing dispute between the countries regarding country-of-origin labeling (“COOL”) laws for meat products. COOL rules in the United
‘Natural’ labeling suits continue to raise questions on extent of consumer reliance
Earlier this month, a Judge in the Northern District of California handed down a decision on Hain Celestial Group Inc.’s (“Hain”) motion to dismiss a class action against the company that focuses on the “all natural” labeling of one if