Denmark-based Novo Nordisk filed multiple lawsuits June 20 against spas and clinics across four states that allegedly marketed and sold unapproved compounded versions of the drugmaker’s popular Ozempic and Wegovy products.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Following Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb files suit over drug price negotiations
Bristol Myers Squibb followed Merck’s steps and filed suit against the Inflation Reduction Act’s upcoming allowance for Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers over their most expensive products, according to court documents.
Man assaults 3 patients at Kansas Ascension hospital: Police
A 28-year-old man allegedly entered Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and sexually assaulted three female patients, The Wichita Eagle reported June 16.
Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases
Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since May 30:
Pharmacy manager convicted in $54M bribery scheme
An owner and senior sales manager of a Florida pharmacy was convicted June 16 in a bribery and kickback scheme amounting to $54 million.
Harvard's response to morgue scandal falls short, experts say
How did this go under the radar for so long and what sort of oversight was in place? These are some of the key questions facing Harvard Medical School after federal officials announced the indictment and arrest of the school’s former morgue manager, al…
'Serial killer with a poison pen' gets 30-year federal sentence for overprescribing opioids, killing 5
A former nurse practitioner in Eagle River, Alaska, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of overprescribing millions of opioid painkillers to about 450 patients, including five who died, according to a June 15 Anchorage Dai…
60+ senators want to make telehealth allowances permanent
Twenty-six Republican, 27 Democrat and three independent senators said June 16 they want to update a bill introduced in 2016 to make telehealth flexibilities allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent.
Colorado surgeon found guilty of manslaughter in death of teen patient
A Colorado surgeon was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a teenage patient who died after being in a coma for 14 months, NBC News reported June 15.
Former first responder gets 29 years in co-worker's overdose death
A former California first responder was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl to two of his hospital co-workers, resulting in the overdose death of one of them.
