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Allergan Resolves United States Government Investigation Of Past Sales And Marketing Practices Relating To Certain Therapeutic Uses Of BOTOX(R)
Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) announced that it has reached a resolution with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the previously reported Government investigation into Allergan's past U.S. sales and marketing practices relating to certain therapeutic uses of BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA)...
Patients Are Injured Due To Missed Or Delayed Diagnosis Analysis Shows
Errors related to missed or delayed diagnosis are frequently a cause of patient injury and therefore an underlying cause of patient safety related events. Autopsy analysis spanning several decades show error rates at four to 50 percent, according to an article released by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and published in its September Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory...
Study Recommends Disclosure Of Medical Mistakes That Affect Multiple Patients
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
Botox Maker Allergan Agrees To Pay $600 Million And Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor
Allergan Inc., the makers of BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA) announced that it has agreed to pay US $600 million and to plead guilty to misdemeanor, thus reaching a resolution with the DOJ (US Department of Justice) regarding a previously reported Government investigation into the company's past sales and marketing practices related to specific therapeutic uses of BOTOX...
MDU Issues Top Tips For Responding To Complaints, UK
As figures released today show the number of written complaints about general practice in the last year increased by 4.4 per cent*, the MDU issued advice for GP members to help them respond to dissatisfied patients...
Doctors' Religious Faith Influences End Of Life Care
A new study from the UK suggests that doctors' religious faith strongly influences end of life care, with agnostic and atheist doctors nearly twice as willing to take decisions that speed up end of life for very sick patients compared to their deeply religious peers...
German HIV Pop Star Gets Two Year Suspended Sentence For Having Unprotected Sex
Nadja Benaissa, 28, who had admitted having unprotected sex with three men when she knew she was HIV positive, and infecting a former partner, has received a two-year suspended sentence. She had been charged with dangerous bodily harm. Under German law, a person can be sued if they are HIV positive and have (unprotected) sex with a partner without telling them about their HIV status...
Today's Opinions: Ryan's Roadmap; Beware Rising Cost Of Workers Comp
The Roads On Ryan's Map May Not Exist Minneapolis Star Tribune Your road map would turn the federal contribution to health care into a voucher (which I don't view as a dirty word). But the vouchers it would offer ... are at levels so far below current insurance premiums as to make it likely you'd be shifting costs to millions who can't afford them (Matt Miller, 8/23)...
Ky. Lawyer Faces Contempt Charges For Withholding Name Of Minor Seeking Abortion
Kentucky attorney Amelia Adams could face six months in jail for contempt of court after refusing to reveal the name of a 17-year-old client who sought judicial permission to have an abortion without her parents' consent, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The U.S...
Ob-Gyns Issue Guidance To Prevent Surgical Errors
Preventing surgical errors begins long before a patient enters the operating room and requires instituting some fairly simple routines, such as utilizing checklists, eliminating distractions, and designating the actual surgical site on the patient with a marker, says The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in recommendations issued today...