Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

During a monthslong legal dispute between Merck and John Hopkins University over Keytruda patents, the drugmaker raised the issue to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, JD Supra reported March 13. 

Another woman has accused a New York City gastroenterologist of sexual abuse, NBC New York reported March. 14.

The University of Chicago Medical Center has been found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of a boy who at age 4, and must pay $14 million to the family, The Chicago Tribune reported March 14.

The chief of rheumatology at Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare’s Bone & Joint Institute has been found dead, days after he was arrested on child sexual exploitation charges, Connecticut State Police have confirmed.

From a federal judge dismissing a trademark lawsuit from NYU Langone to proposed class-action suits rolling in against Change Healthcare, here are 10 healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has reported since March 1:

Seattle Children’s Hospital has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former nurse who claimed the hospital failed, repeatedly, to adequately address her concerns, allowing the incidents to continue.

On March 12, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law, ruling that drugmakers cannot restrict 340B program offerings from community and specialty pharmacies. 

NewYork-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital agreed to pay millions of dollars to resolve kickback allegations.

The Federal Trade Commission and 10 states are suing a “sham” charity and its operator for deceiving donors and funneling profits into its own pockets.

Police arrested a 54-year-old employee at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., March 7 after law enforcement found the individual had firearms and ammunition in his possession on the facility’s campus, local news outlets reported af…