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STAT+: CVS and its PBM agree to pay $45 million to Illinois for failing to pass drug rebates

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CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, agreed to pay at least $45 million to the state of Illinois to settle allegations that rebates were not passed through during a recent four-year period, according to a document obtained by STAT.

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Common pharma compliance concerns cited by FDA warning letters

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Of the cGMP letters, three major types of violations – deficiencies in process validation, documentation practices (data integrity) and quality control – accounted for 26 percent, 21 percent and 15 percent of warning letters respectively. Overall, validation, documentation and quality control were the major cGMP violations.

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Ex-Merck & Co scientist accused of stealing trade secrets could face jail

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In a document outlining the charges against Shafat Quadri, of North Potomac, Maryland the US Department of Justice (DoJ) referred only to “one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world” based in New Jersey.

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FDA drops PreCert report, new digital health guidances

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A new final guidance document that dropped today updates a 2019 draft guidance and clarifies the categories of clinical decision support software that would not be regulated by FDA as a medical device. “I O’Leary said.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a CVS deal with Illinois, a Pfizer hemophilia therapy, and more

STAT

… CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, agreed to pay at least $45 million to the state of Illinois to settle allegations that rebates were not passed through during a recent four-year period , according to a document obtained by STAT. At

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Envision acquire dDOC, hires Manish Goel as tech solutions head

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Comms company Envision Pharma Group has acquired doDOC Corp, a document collaborative review, editing and authoring firm. doDOC enables simultaneous collaboration in the review, editing, and authoring of documents among multiple users.

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FDA rejects Spectrum’s lung cancer drug poziotinib

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In review documents published ahead of the ODAC meeting, the agency took issue with what it described as marginal efficacy in clinical trials of the drug, high toxicity rates, and concerns about the dose selected for study. Spectrum licensed worldwide rights to poziotinib – excluding Korea and China – from Hanmi in back in 2015.

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