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2 firms pay millions to settle charges of drug-kickback deal
Sun (Baltimore), The | 1 day 7 hours 2 minutes ago
MIAMI In early 1999, prosecutors say, an executive of pharmacy-services firm Omnicare approached a vice president of drugmaker IVAX and offered a deal: For a large "signing bonus," Omnicare would push doctors to use IVAX's generic drugs in its nursing homes.... (more)
PharMerica names Meyers to board
CNBC | 1 day 23 hours 56 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Institutional pharmacy services provider PharMerica Corp. said Friday it named Geoffrey G. Meyers its the board of directors.... (more)
Retired Manor Care CEO joins PharMerica board | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 2 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Louisville-based PharMerica Corp. has named Geoffrey G. Meyers, the retired CEO of long-term care provider Manor Care, to its board of directors.... (more)
Merck KGaA cut to hold from buy at Citi
MarketWatch | 2 days 13 hours 10 minutes ago
German pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA /quotes/comstock/11e!fmrk (DE:MRK 63... (more)
Boots Plans a Beautiful Future
Wall Street Journal, The | 2 days 15 hours 47 minutes ago
Two years after he bought Alliance Boots GmbH with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Italian entrepreneur Stefano Pessina wants to transform the British pharmacy chain into a global health-and-beauty behemoth with two tools: big acquisitions and a small, white bottle of antiwrinkle cream.... (more)
McKesson ex-chairman convicted of securities fraud
Reuters | 2 days 21 hours 6 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The former chairman of drug distributor McKesson Corp was convicted on Thursday in federal court of securities fraud related to a $9 billion accounting scandal, three years after charges from an earlier case resulted in acquittal and a mistrial.... (more)
Former McKesson chairman convicted of fraud
American City Business Journals | 2 days 22 hours 29 minutes ago
Charles McCall, former chairman of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp.... (more)
Ivax Pharma to Pay $14 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
FDAnews | 2 days 23 hours 49 minutes ago
Ivax Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $14 million and establish a corporate integrity agreement to resolve civil allegations that it engaged in kickback schemes with Omnicare, the nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy.... (more)
Jury convicts ex-McKesson chairman of fraud, clears company's former top lawyer -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 3 days 2 hours 29 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former chairman of McKesson Corp. has been convicted of securities fraud after a retrial of a $9 billion accounting scandal case dating back a decade.... (more)
Tax break is approved to keep McKesson jobs here » The Commercial Appeal
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), The | 3 days 15 hours 56 minutes ago
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