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Five Career Defining Moments That Drive Me To Work With Life Science Companies
Feeling a little nostalgic about my career, which probably has a lot to do with my son starting his career journey this week. I’ve been...
Dan Curto
Jun 21, 20222 min read
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You Don't Need a "Speak Up Culture", You Need a "Speak With Culture"!
Hot take - I disagree with the notion that the goal of a life science compliance program should be to build a “speak up culture.” A...
Dan Curto
Jun 21, 20222 min read
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Four Ways To Measure If You Have An Effective Compliance Investigation Process
A hallmark of an effective compliance program is the existence of a well-functioning process for the investigation of allegations of...
Dan Curto
May 10, 20222 min read
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Internal Audit + Compliance: Relationship status - it’s complicated!
When the U.S. Department of Justice measures an effective compliance program one of the factors it looks to is whether internal audits...
Dan Curto
May 3, 20222 min read
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What is a "Culture of Compliance" anyway?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to have a “culture of compliance.” I know … I sound super fun at dinner parties! The...
Dan Curto
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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First big DOJ Pharma settlement of 2022! Mallinckrodt will pay $260 million to settle two cases
Mallinckrodt will pay $260 million to settle two pending DOJ lawsuits. The first case claimed that Mallinckrodt underpaid Medicaid...
Dan Curto
Mar 7, 20222 min read
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Vyera settles FTC claims it prevented generic competition for $40 million
Vyera (formerly Turing), the company founded by Martin Shkreli, settled a federal antitrust lawsuit brought by the FTC and the New York...
Dan Curto
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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Interim Analysis: Former Immunomedic CFO arrested; WOW-jail time for OIG exclusion violation
Former Immunomedic CFO Arrested For Insider Trading The US Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey arrested Usama Malik, the...
Dan Curto
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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Pharma Settlement: Kaleo pays $12.7 million, related to pharmacies submitting false prior auths
In a first of its kind settlement, Kaleo, Inc, a Virginia based pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells three marketed products in the US,...
Dan Curto
Nov 10, 20212 min read
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Medical Device False Claims Settlement - Arthrex will pay $16 million to resolve HCP kickback claim
On Nov. 11, 2021, the US DOJ announced that Arthrex agreed to pay $16 million to resolve a qui tam lawsuit initiated by a whistleblower...
Dan Curto
Nov 8, 20213 min read
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