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Off-Label Promotion of Drugs and Medical Devices
A spate of billion- and hundred-million-dollar settlements with the Department of Justice (DOJ) illustrates how the investigation of off-label promotions of drugs and devices has emerged as a predominant theory in pharmaceutical and medical-device prosecutions.
The Consequences of Truth
Few states have instituted compulsory medical error admissions. One state that has is New Jersey, which, in 2004, enacted the Patient Safety Act (PSA). This landmark legislation changed the way medical errors are dealt with in New Jersey. This article discusses the changes.
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Legal Issues Swell if Swine Flu Spreads
Just one week into the swine flu outbreak, health authorities in Baltimore detained 117 passengers on a flight from Cancun, Mexico. And Texas, Maryland and New York officials closed schools. Although the flu strain isn't an official pandemic yet, state and local officials are already flexing legal muscles ' many for the first time.
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The Autism Cases
In last month's issue, we discussed the Vaccine Court's (Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) trio of decisions that found no causative links between childhood vaccinations and the onset of autism and gastrointestinal problems in three children. The discussion continues herein.
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