dijous, 21 de desembre del 2017

United Therapeutics dishes out $210m to settle charity-kickback claims

prescription drugsUnited Therapeutics (NSDQ:UTHR) has agreed to pay $210 million to squash claims that it used a charity to illegally cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket costs in an attempt to boost sales.

Drug companies are not allowed to subsidize co-pays for people enrolled in Medicare, but they can donate to independent non-profits that provide co-pay assistance.

Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.

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