Hello, everyone, and nice to see you again after the extended holiday break. We reveled in some rare time with our short people and we hope your own mini-break was relaxing and fun, especially since the oh-so-familiar routine of meetings, deadlines, and what-not is poised to return with a vengeance. You knew this was coming, yes? So what better way to cope than with a fresh cup of stimulation? We are quaffing vanilla cinnamon, for those who track this sort of thing. Meanwhile, we are playing catchup, not surprisingly, and have provided some tidbits that span several days. Hope your day goes well and you ease in gracefully. …
Drug and device makers accounted for more than $900 million of $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017, according to the feds. Shire (SHPG) paid $350 million to resolve allegations of paying kickbacks and illegally marketing a medicine, while Mylan paid $465 million to resolve allegations that it underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for EpiPen.
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NASH is epidemic. There is a good reason for the shortage of trial subjects– the requirement to undergo a liver biopsy. This can be COMPLETELY avoided by the use of imaging techniques that can estimate liver fat content. My guess is that FDA is making companies confirm the NASH via liver biopsy, hence the patient shortage.