FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

The government asserted that Marchetti had relationships with, access to, and influence over doctors, but failed to show that Marchetti exercised any impermissible influence on them. In that decision, a medical laboratory paid Marchetti percentage-based compensation for successful referrals of Medicare patients to the laboratory.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Of note, the 2004 accelerated approval of natalizumab (Tysabri) for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was based on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score at one-year; two-year EDSS data were used to verify and describe the clinical benefit for conversion to traditional approval.

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Clinic Relationship Provider IT 64

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. I finished my fellowship in ’88. Why did you go into it?

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91