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U.S. Sues Novartis Over Medicare Fraud

U.S. Sues Novartis Over Medicare Fraud

On Tuesday, the U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit accusing a unit of Novartis AG of orchestrating claims based on fraudulent kickbacks and causing Medicare and Medicaid programs pay…

Miami Clinic Sued for Selling Banned Drugs to Players

Miami Clinic Sued for Selling Banned Drugs to Players

On Friday, Major League Baseball filed a lawsuit against the owner of Miami-based clinic Biogenesis of America, and its owner, Anthony Bosch along with including several of his former business…

FDA Commissioner Asks For New Regulations to Combat the Growing Menace of Sterile Compounds

FDA Commissioner Asks For New Regulations to Combat the Growing Menace of Sterile Compounds

On Tuesday, the Commissioner of FDA, Margaret Hamburg, stated on the FDA blog, “FDA Voice” that a “new breed of specialty pharmacy compounding has evolved that has outgrown the law,…

University of Berkeley and Eight Companies Warned by FDA Regarding Flu Medicines

University of Berkeley and Eight Companies Warned by FDA Regarding Flu Medicines

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned several sellers of dietary supplements over claims made by them that their products helped fight the flu. Last Thursday, the…

Australian Court Allows Patenting of Human Genetic Material

Australian Court Allows Patenting of Human Genetic Material

On Friday, an Australian court ruled that genetic material related to cancer can be patented by two technology companies.   A similar case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court…

Club 64 One of the First Marijuana Clubs Opens for New Years Celebration

Club 64 One of the First Marijuana Clubs Opens for New Years Celebration

Club 64, a marijuana club, was the second of its kind to open in the entire nation. Following the legislation that legalized pot smoking, which was codified as the 64…

Reprogrammed AIDS Virus Successfully Cures Child of Leukemia

Reprogrammed AIDS Virus Successfully Cures Child of Leukemia

Emma Whitehead, portrayed at center in the family’s picture on Facebook, had little chance to survive from leukemia. Chemotherapy was failing, and last year there were two relapses despite chemotherapy.…

7-Year Old Mykayla Comstock’s Parents Defend Her Use of Medical Marijuana

7-Year Old Mykayla Comstock’s Parents Defend Her Use of Medical Marijuana

The nation is burning up over Mykayla Comstock, the 7-year-old Oregon leukemia patient who uses medical marijuana. One of the youngest members of the state’s Medical Marijuana Program, she was…

Middle Eastern Men Are Getting Mustache Implants

Middle Eastern Men Are Getting Mustache Implants

In one of the Westernmost religions, Mormonism, mustaches and beards are avoided, and the West has a mixed respect for the facial adornments — some can pull it off, but…

French Court Finds Straight Man Turned Gay Sex Addict after Taking GSK’s “Requip”

French Court Finds Straight Man Turned Gay Sex Addict after Taking GSK’s “Requip”

Didiet Jambart started taking the drug Requip manufactured by GlaxoSmithKiline to treat his Parkinson’s disease, in 2003. The medication turned the married father into a gay sex addict and compulsive…

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