Posts tagged fraud

• Let's Stop Coddling Big Pharma Fraud

  Camryn Hansen | May 27, 2012 5:00 AM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  For America’s pharmaceutical companies, committing fraud has become an established way of life. Practices like off-label marketing and price inflation are not only rampant, they bring...

• The Fake Clinical Trials of Dr. Scott Reuben

  Mike Ferrara | March 17, 2009 8:59 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  By now, we’ve all heard something or other about Dr. Scott Reuben, the well respected and highly influential clinical researcher who, as it turns out, fabricated the data used in a full...

• Contractor Sentenced to 5 Years for Defrauding Fed Govt after 9/11 Attacks

  Mike Ferrara | April 19, 2009 9:14 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Friday, a former contractor was sentenced to 63 months in prison for defrauding the federal government in his reconstruction of the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

• Forest Labs Accused of Fraud for Off-Label Marketing of Celexa, Lexapro to Kids

  Camryn Hansen | March 02, 2009 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The United States attorney’s office in Boston has filed a civil complaint against drug maker Forest Laboratories for the off-label marketing of antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro to children...

• Federal Judge Upholds Voters’ Rights in Michigan Following GOP Scandal over Foreclosed Homes

  Camryn Hansen | October 16, 2008 10:00 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Monday, US District Judge Stephen Murphy III ordered state election officials to immediately stop canceling the registrations of new voters whose voter cards were returned by the post office as...

• GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $750 Million for Felony Fraud

  Mike Ferrara | November 06, 2010 4:40 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline is pleading guilty to criminal felony charges in an American investigation into its manufacturing practices at a Puerto Rico plant, and will pay $750 million in...

• Army Surgeon Fabricated Data & Forged Doctors’ Signatures for Medtronic

  Camryn Hansen | June 06, 2009 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Today, The New York Times reported that a former Army orthopedic surgeon at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been accused of both fabricating study data and forging the names of colleagues on a...

• Great Victory for New Jersey Consumers in Bosland v. Warnock Dodge

  Mike Ferrara | February 20, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a major victory for New Jersey consumers, the Supreme Court decided this week in Bosland v. Warnock Dodge that the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) does not require a consumer to seek a refund from an...

• Air Bag Fraud - Where are my Air Bags When I Need Them?

  Mike Ferrara | October 12, 2008 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  When considering any used car, it’s crucial to be aware of and take precautions against what seems to be the growing threat of air bag fraud. NPR’s Weekend Edition just released the...

• Merck is Jerking Investors Around in Securities Fraud Case

  Mike Ferrara | November 30, 2009 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today, lawyers for drug giant Merck, infamous maker of the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx, delivered oral arguments to the Supreme Court saying that their shareholders had waited too long...