Texas
Gilead pays $45 million to settle kickback case filed by Texas AG
Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations of paying kickbacks that improperly influenced prescriptions paid for by the Texas Medicaid […]
Texas AG sues Sanofi for allegedly paying bribes to doctors Texas Attorney General sues Sanofi for allegedly paying bribes to doctors to prescribe its drugs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit accusing Sanofi of offering kickbacks to doctors, in the form of a free network of nurses and insurance services, to increase prescriptions for its drugs. In doing so, the drugmaker would help manage key aspects of patient care that a doctor would otherwise have to manage […]
Texas considers Maha style warning labels on popular foods
The relatively prudent approach to Europe’s food additives is the desire of the Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement. A Texas Bill now before governor Greg Abbott aims to help fill the gap by slapping the warning labels on foods that contain one of the 44 additives […]