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Drug & Device News
Study Says Antidepressants Generally Do Not Work
A paper published in February in the journal Plos Medicine asserts that most patients receive no measurable benefit from taking prescribed antidepressant medications. The paper ' Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the FDA ' was authored by professors at England's University of Hull, who analized data from several antidepressants' clinical trails, including those that went unpublished. They found that only a small number of severely depressed patients were helped by antidepressants and that those with lesser degrees of depression (and even some who were extremely depressed) exhibited no clinically significant benefits with antidepressant use as compared to placebo use. The research team chalked up the drug companies' claims of widespread patient benefits with antidepressant use to reporting biases caused by multiple publication of test results and selective reporting of only favorable results.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.