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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis (sold under brand names Vyndaqel and Vyndamax), a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element. Background.

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Good Doc, Bad Doc: Supreme Court Finds Prescriber Knowledge Counts

FDA Law Blog

1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or. (2) The relevant CSA provision provides: (a) Unlawful acts. Except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally —. (1) 21 U.S.C. §

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis, a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Whether the Beneficiary Inducement Statute (BIS) is relevant to interpreting the AKS (essentially, no). Background. Pfizer set the price of tafamidis at $225,000 for each one-year course of treatment.

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

The IP Law Blog

es the threat posed to companies that rely on third-party manufacturers. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Romag solidi?es Summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinions.

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

The Controlled Substances Act makes it unlawful for “any person knowingly or intentionally … to manufacture, distribute, or dispense” a controlled substance, “[e]xcept as authorized by this subchapter.”