FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Mr. Bawduniak alleged that, between 2009 and 2014, Biogen paid illegal kickbacks to its largest prescribers to induce them to prescribe the company’s multiple sclerosis drugs, Avonex, Tysabri and Tecfidera, and discourage them from prescribing newer competitor products. This lawsuit was brought to the U.S. See United States ex rel.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

The Seventh Circuit took a more lenient approach than the Fourth Circuit, focusing its rationale on whether an independent contractor had improper influence over a healthcare providers independent healthcare decisions. Physicians had ultimate control and exercised independent judgment over their patients healthcare decisions.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. So our elders who are people of color, people who live in places that are already challenged by poor air quality and those things and access to healthcare, they also have greater risks.

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