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Biogen agrees to pay $900 million in largest FCA Settlement Ever Secured without Government’s Intervention

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district court of Massachusetts by former employee and whistleblower Michael Bawduniak in April 2012 as a qui tam action. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have aggressively pursued antikickback cases in the healthcare industry. This lawsuit was brought to the U.S. Bawduniak v.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs. One thing is clear, it is not because people are using it for FDA approved indications. The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia.